Tanks from one of the mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Belarus is moving to the border with Ukraine within the framework of a decision to strengthen the groups of border troops, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced.
"Subdivisions of one of the mechanized formations are ready to perform the assigned tasks. "Military personnel are loading military equipment onto rail transport and starting a combined march to designated locations," the statement said, accompanied by footage of tanks being loaded onto rail platforms.
On August 10, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the destruction a day earlier of several drones flying from Ukraine to Russia over the territory of the country. The Belarusian leader ordered to strengthen the groupings of troops on the border with Ukraine in the Gomel and Mozyr tactical directions. The Minister of Defense of the Republic, Viktor Hrenin, informed that the units of the Special Operations Forces, the Ground Forces, the Missile Forces, including the "Polonaise" jet systems, were given tasks to carry out marches in certain areas. and "Iskander" missile systems. The forces and means of anti-aircraft missile forces, radio engineering forces and aviation were also being built. Hrenin noted that the decision to strengthen the troop groupings was made taking into account the developing situation in Ukraine, as well as in the Kursk region.