US military with NATO flagMINSK, Mar 10Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Thursday that NATO is strengthening the eastern flank, and additional military and equipment are arriving in Europe. : already, according to our estimates, more than 10 thousand people (military — ed.) arrived in the countries of the West, (plus) what they had as part of the implementation of tasks for «Atlantic resolve» and enhanced forward presence — 12 thousand. and the prospects for the deployment of additional battalions near our borders, where one of the American battalions is already located in Lithuania,» Khrenin said after a meeting with the head of state. The minister’s video commentary was distributed by the Sputnik Belarus agency. He noted that Minsk sees a strengthening of the aviation group, and reconnaissance is being carried out near the western borders of the republic using aviation, destroyers with missile weapons are arriving in the Baltic. The head of the defense ministry specified that more than 80 aircraft arrived from the continental part of America , there are already 156 combat aircraft directly in Poland, of which more than 30 are American, which fly daily, and flights take place not far from the Belarusian state border. Referring to the destroyers in the Baltic Sea, he stressed that they are armed with missiles with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers . «Practically all of Belarus falls into this affected area, so this cannot but worry us,» the minister stated. and with golden gasoline «We are on duty in an enhanced mode, our immediate reaction forces are ready to carry out tasks as intended,» Khrenin emphasized. He also said that five battalion tactical groups are performing tasks to cover the southern borders. “The most worrying are those mercenaries who enter the territory of Ukraine today. And uncontrolled. What tasks will they perform and what will they do? Their movement is in the direction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. «, — the minister emphasized.
