Aleksandrovka checkpoint on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Archive photoMINSK, May 27.The first deputy chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Igor Butkevich, said that armed groups of people and individuals were observed on the territory of Ukraine near the Belarusian border, they can be regarded as saboteurs. Earlier, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are entering the territory of Belarus. «Yes, we record the presence of armed groups of people and individuals near our border. But who are they? to our borders, they have neither insignia nor uniforms. Therefore, each group can be regarded as sabotage. We are ready to respond to the actions of such groups,» Butkevich said in an interview with SB.Belarus Today, published on his website .
Belarus will deploy special operations forces on the border with UkraineThe representative of the State Border Committee noted that «on the southern borders of the Republic of Belarus, on the territory of the once friendly fraternal Ukraine, long before the (Russian — ed.) special military operation, the creation of groupings of armed forces in Rivne, Kiev and Chernihiv began directions, the total number of which, according to various sources, is more than 20 thousand people. Work is actively underway to build up engineering structures and barriers at the border, including the facts of mining and destruction of objects, he continued. Thus, we fix provocative actions related to the damage of border signs or their destruction, the leaving of provocative leaflets and offensive inscriptions, and so on,» Butkevich said. >Belarus will create an operational command in the Ukrainian direction, Butkevich also said that Ukraine is actively using drones and boats without identification marks to conduct reconnaissance. «You know, the basis is the border agreements, obligations that both sides must strictly fulfill, but the Ukrainian side does not comply with them, there is no one to even make claims, there is no one to investigate border incidents with,» he said. that now the situation on the Belarusian border remains under control. «I want to assure you that we are ready to respond to any provocations, to contain possible attacks, including aggressive ones, against us,» he stressed. » />Ukraine erects concrete blocks on the border with Belarus
