According to

Viktar Khrenin

, the war is about "the right of the West to dictate the rules of the game to others and freely dispose of the world's resources."

"In fact, it was the Eastern European states, being under the external control of the USA, that became the American outpost on the western borders of the Republic of Belarus and Russia.

And it is they today, following Ukraine, who offer themselves as instruments and platforms for expansion against the Union State, demonstrating their determination to use any measures.

Up to direct military confrontation.

What we actually saw near our borders at the end of last year," said the Minister of Defense of Belarus in Moscow, speaking at the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security.

Viktar Khrenin explained that the fulfillment of Belarus's alliance obligations to Russia in the war with Ukraine is a "preventive reaction to the threat of military aggression against Belarus."

According to him, "in the "crucible" of the Ukrainian military conflict, forces for war against Belarus continue to be "forged".

"An example of this is the formation and preparation of formations of a nationalist type, such as Kalinovsky's regiment and similar ones.

Their further purpose may be to start a civil war on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

Such actions are a military threat to us and will be localized with all available forces and means," the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus quoted Viktar Khrenin as saying.

Citizens of Belarus fight against Russia both on the side of Ukraine and Russia.

Several Belarusian units are fighting in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the regiment named after Kastus Kalinouski and the "Pagonia" detachment.

In August, the official representative of the Kalinovsky Regiment,

Kristina Chabor

, stated that "the Kalinovsky Regiment is a military unit within the Armed Forces of Ukraine and performs combat missions at the front."

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 boundaries of 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" Apanasovich, 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 fighters 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, 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.