In the regions bordering Ukraine, Belarus started to create ground defense units.

are creating terrodefense and have extended the ban on visiting territories bordering Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

Such actions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces do not rule out, are one of the steps in preparation for participation in the war against Ukraine.

Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Territorial Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said this during the briefing.

According to available data, in the Brest region bordering Ukraine, the process of campaigning for volunteers to join territorial defense units continued last week.

During the interviews, the candidates are shown that during the introduction of martial law in the country, they will be issued weapons and ammunition, and their main task will be the defense and protection of communities as part of territorial defense units.

At the same time, the House of Representatives of Belarus approved a draft law on the introduction of the death penalty for treason for military personnel and representatives of state authorities.

It is possible that such actions of the Lukashenko regime are one of the steps in preparation for the participation of Belarus in the war against Ukraine," Gromov said.

We will remind that today the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assesses the probability of a repeated attack by the Russian Federation from the territory of Belarus as low.

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