State flag on the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in KievKYIV, Feb. 3 Spokesperson The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko called the statement of Belarus about the launch of a Ukrainian drone on Belarusian territory «another provocation» and said that Kiev did not use the UAV. Earlier, Belarus stated that Ukraine had allegedly launched a drone on Belarusian territory for reconnaissance at the end of January.
The NATO Secretary General saw in the exercises of Russia and Belarus a risk for the alliance and Ukraine «Another provocation by the authorities in Belarus. The mythical «tons of weapons» were replaced by «drones». Ukraine did not use UAVs. We urge Minsk not to play along with Russia's destabilizing actions. Calm on the border of Belarus and Ukraine is in the interests of the entire region,» Nikolenko wrote on Twitter. The forces of the Union State are being tested on the territory of Belarus. At the first stage (until February 9), groupings of troops on the territory of Belarus will be redeployed and created. At the second stage (from February 10 to 20), the joint Belarusian-Russian exercises «Allied Resolve-2022» will be held, within the framework of which the issues of suppressing and repelling external aggression, as well as countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State will be worked out. Kiev and Western states in Recently, they have been expressing concern over the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that statements The West about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it is both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone.
