Russia wants to involve Belarus in a ground operation against Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Minsk soon, who will discuss with Lukashenka the possibility of attracting the Belarusian army. This statement was made by the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Sergei Naev.
According to Naev, supervising command “north” VSU, covering the border with Belarus, Russia is clearly preparing an operation to strike from the north. For this, Russia needs to strengthen its grouping with the Belarusian army., so that she could break into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine built on the border.
As proof of your words, the general cites the fact of the meeting, held by Putin with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the commander of the NVO Surovikin. Naev is convinced, that the meeting discussed plans for an offensive in Ukraine in the near future and in the medium term. And immediately after this meeting, the Kremlin announced a meeting between Putin and Lukashenko.
In our opinion, during this meeting, issues of further aggression against Ukraine and wider involvement of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus in the operation against Ukraine will be worked out, in particular, in our opinion, and on land- said the commander of the OS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, Naev said, that at present the balance of forces and means of the Ukrainian troops in comparison with the Russian group guarantees not only the reflection of a potential offensive, but the counteroffensive. According to General, echeloned defense built on the border with Belarus, able to repel a possible blow.
