"We analyzed the previous actions of the enemy in the direction of Kyiv and, having studied the experience, we also planned our adequate actions.

Defensive positions are located precisely in those places where the enemy forces are most likely to attack.

Analyzing the probable actions of the enemy, we have created a complex system that involves targeting the enemy on distant approaches and in the closest depth of his battle formations," said Siarhei Naev after visiting the Northern operational zone.

According to him, in this direction, the armed forces work together with units of the border service, the National Guard, the police and the Security Service of Ukraine.

"All together, they carry out planned measures to make the actions of enemy forces impossible.

This applies both to countering sabotage and intelligence groups, and to repelling a possible enemy attack," added Siarhei Naev.

"I am sure that the enemy will not pass in this direction again.

We are doing everything possible to make this confidence real," said the commander of the joint forces of Ukraine, Siarhei Naev.

On the morning of August 4, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Belarus were conducting a combat readiness check of the units of the special operations forces.

"In the Volyn and Polesk directions, the units of the Armed Forces of Belarus are carrying out the task of strengthening the protection of the section of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.

The units of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus were tested for combat readiness," the morning summary of the General Staff reads.

The command did not provide other details.

Last week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Belarus had again extended the deadline for checking the combat readiness of the Armed Forces (now until August 6) "in order to restrain the actions of the Defense Forces."

Belarus is not a direct participant in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, but provides logistical support to the Russian invasion, which began on February 24, when some Russian troops entered Ukraine through the Belarusian border.

Russia's war against Ukraine

• At 5 o'clock in the morning on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the "DPR" and "LPR" groups.

  On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

  On February 22, the Council of the Federation ratified this decision.

• All days of the war, Ukrainian cities were bombarded with rockets, aircraft flew over them.

  Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

  Representatives of the Lukashenka regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to the Russian invaders.

• On February 27, the International Territorial Defense Legion was created in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were invited to join it.

  Belarusians also entered there.

  During the three and a half months of the war, several Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the USU died at the front: Alyaksei "Tur" Skoblya, Ilya "Litvin" Hrenau, Zmytser "Terror" Apanosovich, Zmytser "Hans" Rubashevsky, Konstantin "Phoenix" Dubaila, Pavel "Volat" , Ivan "Brest" Marchuk.

  In the battle where Marchuk was killed, another six Belarusian fighters disappeared without a trace.

• It is generally known about 10 fallen Belarusian soldiers of various units, including the Kalinovsky Regiment.

• On June 17, the fighters of the Kalinovsky regiment received the state Ukrainian awards "For combat merits" and "Ukraine above all".

• On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission that will investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

  It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Contrary to Putin's statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

  The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs, against civilians.

• On April 1, Lithuania became the first country in the European Union to completely abandon Russian gas.

  Latvia and Estonia followed her example.

  Germany has promised to completely stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022.

• On April 2, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops.

  Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

  The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan.

  It is also known about a number of rapes, including babies.

• In April, missile attacks on Ukraine and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus decreased, Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

• On May 9, the US President signed the Land Leasing Law.

  This law restores the program from the Second World War, which will speed up the supply of weapons to Ukraine and increase the amount of such assistance.

• On the night of May 17, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, confirmed the beginning of the operation to rescue the Ukrainian soldiers, who were trapped in the territory of "Azovstal".

  According to her, 53 seriously wounded were evacuated from there to the medical facility of occupied Novoazovsk.

  Another 211 people were brought to Alenivka through the humanitarian corridor.

  The Ministry of Defense of Russia states that almost 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers at the plant "surrendered" as of May 18.

  The International Red Cross officially registered these fighters as prisoners of war.

• Since its inception, thousands of volunteers from 55 countries have joined the Foreign Legion, including Canada, the Baltic States, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, the USA, the Czech Republic, Finland and other countries.

  Several foreigners who fought for Ukraine were captured and died.

• In June, the so-called "DPR" sentenced two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco to death.

• Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

  Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

• On June 25, Ukrainian troops retreated from the city of Severodanetsk to fortified positions.

  The city was captured by the Russian military.

• On July 29, as a result of an attack on the colony in Alenivtsi, at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners who previously defended the Azovstal plant were killed.

  The Russians accused Ukraine of the attack, the Ukrainian side declared that the prisoners were deliberately killed by the Russian side.

• Independent verification of information about military actions provided by officials of various parties is still impossible.