Belarusian military. File photoMINSK, Oct. 16Belarus has deployed enlarged border detachments and maneuver groups of territorial border service agencies to guard the border with Ukraine against the backdrop of increased intelligence activity on the Ukrainian side, said the official representative of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Anton Bychkovsky. «Near our various kinds of exercises are being carried out at the border, we see that optical, electronic and radio-technical reconnaissance of the Belarusian territory is being carried out. Naturally, we adequately assess these threats and, in order to respond, the border service agencies set up enlarged border guards, actively use technical means of border protection, and deploy mobile groups of territorial bodies of the border service,» Bychkovsky told the ONT television channel, commenting on the situation on the border with Ukraine. The chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anatoly Lappo said on October 14 that the situation is especially tense on the Ukrainian border, but with silt and means for its protection are sufficient. In particular, he said that armed groups of people who have neither insignia nor uniforms are approaching the Belarusian border on the territory of Ukraine. In addition, as Lappo noted, provocative actions by Ukrainian military personnel, the use of unmarked equipment, and reconnaissance of Belarusian territory from Ukrainian territory were repeatedly recorded. />Minsk named the number of Russian military in the regional grouping of troops
