MOSCOW, 14 Sep. New agreements between Russia and Belarus on integration issues, as well as the ongoing military exercises Zapad-2021, once again reminded of the vulnerability of Ukraine's northern border. Foreign Minister of the republic Dmitry Kuleba told the newspaper The Independent. According to the minister, the border passes through a forest belt, marshland and an exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, so this territory is an «ideal weak spot» for the invasion of sabotage groups.
“Now we have a problem because we have not invested enough in strengthening the border,” Kuleba explained.
He said that the joint Russian-Belarusian maneuvers along the northern, eastern and southeastern borders provide an idea of what his country can expect in the future. In addition, Ukraine fears problems with the supply of energy, which, according to Kuleba, promises her commissioning the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, while after the lifting of US sanctions, Kiev has no one else to hope for.
The USA told how they will react to the accession of Ukraine to Russia «Nord Stream — 2» — a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year. The last pipe of the second string was sunk to the bottom of the Baltic Sea last week. It is planned to start up raw materials through the pipeline already this heating season. Russia has repeatedly explained that this is a commercial project. Moscow also confirmed its readiness to continue gas transit through Ukraine, but it depends on many factors, including the volume of future European purchases.
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