Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin says there is a “high probability of an armed provocation” from neighbouring Ukraine, according to local state-run media.
Khrenin, who did not provide any evidence to back his claims, made the comments at a meeting on military security with President Alexander Lukashenko.
“Given the presence of Ukrainian armed formations in border areas, there remains a high probability of armed provocations being prepared and carried out on our territory,” he says.
Yesterday, Lukashenko – who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin – was interviewed on Russian media and reportedly asked both sides to “sit down at the negotiating table” and end the conflict, according to the Reuters news agency.
While Belarus has not been involved in the war, Russia launched its full-scale invasion into Ukraine in February 2022 from Belarussian soil.
