The Daily Populous Monday August 26th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by unn.ua and submitted by Appropriate_Elk_6113

under the pretext of exercises, Belarus is bringing its army and military equipment to the border with Ukraine. In addition, mercenaries of the former Wagner PMC have been spotted . Ukraine's Foreign Ministry urged Belarusian officials not to make tragic mistakes for their country under pressure from Moscow and to withdraw their troops, UNN reports.

"According to Ukraine's intelligence agencies, the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus are concentrating a significant number of personnel, including the Special Operations Forces, weapons and military equipment, including tanks, artillery, MLRS, air defense and engineering equipment, in the Gomel region near the northern borders of Ukraine under the guise of exercises. The presence of mercenaries of the former Wagner PMC was also recorded.

Conducting exercises in the border zone and in close proximity to the nuclear power facility, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, poses a threat to Ukraine's national security and global security in general," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

З боку білорусі дій щодо дестабілізації на кордоні з Україною за останній час не було - Демченко

The Ukrainian diplomatic mission called on the officials of the Republic of Belarus not to make tragic mistakes for their country under pressure from Moscow, and on its armed forces to stop hostile actions and withdraw their troops from the state border of Ukraine to a distance exceeding the range of the fire systems available to Belarus.

"We emphasize that Ukraine has never taken and is not going to take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people.

We warn that in the event of a violation of the state border of Ukraine by Belarus, our state will take all necessary measures to exercise the right to self-defense guaranteed by the UN Charter. At the same time, all troop concentrations, military facilities, and supply routes on the territory of Belarus will be legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the statement reads.

АР: Білорусь направляє додаткові війська і літаки до кордону з Україною

jcrestor on August 25th, 2024 at 20:04 UTC »

I stopped counting. How many times did they try to evoke the impression of an invasion from Belarus now? Ten times or more often?

Tight_Salary6773 on August 25th, 2024 at 18:50 UTC »

The most intelligent idea Lukashenko ever has was to keep Belarus troops out of the Ukrainian conflict, their armed forces are small, unprepared and corrupt, confident that Russia will come to their aid if necessary, if Luka under pressure from Moscow decides to attack Ukraine now with no possible Russian support it will be political suicide or worse.

I believe however that is just a show of support to Russia, not the prelude of an attack.

ImmortalWandererr on August 25th, 2024 at 18:28 UTC »

"Looks like someone's been playing too much Risk and forgot it's real life."