Belarus says Ukraine amassing troops at border amid incursion into Russia
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Fighting has escalated after Ukrainian troops smashed through the border into Russia’s Kursk region this month.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Kyiv has stationed more than 120,000 soldiers along its border with Belarus, the country’s state news agency reported, as fighting continues amid Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that Minsk had deployed nearly a third of its armed forces along the entire border in response to the Ukrainian deployment, BelTA reported. Kyiv did not immediately respond to the claims.
“Seeing their aggressive policy, we have introduced there and placed in certain points – in case of war, they would be defence – our military along the entire border,” BelTA quoted Lukashenko as saying in an interview with Russian state television.
Lukashenko is “delivering some very serious threats to officials in Kyiv”, said Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabari, reporting from Moscow.
The president made it clear that should Ukraine try to enter Belarusian soil, they will be on the offensive, Jabari added.
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