Ukraine doesn’t see a rise in Russian and Belarusian navy groupings in Belarus close to the borders of Ukraine, and there have been no measures inside the framework of the introduced joint flight drills.
Supply: Serhii Deineko, Head of Ukraine’s State Border Service, on the air of the nationwide joint 24/7 newscast on 16 January
Quote: “We don’t see a rise in Russian and Belarusian groupings within the direct neighborhood of our border. In the present day, the variety of Russian navy on the territory of the Republic of Belarus is about 11,000 troops.
This quantity modifications each day, as a result of now there’s a rotation of items of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation; specifically, the 2nd Motorised Rifle Division will transfer to the territory of the Russian Federation, to Voronezh and Belgorod Oblasts, and the sixth Motorised Rifle Division will change it.”
Particulars: Concerning the introduced Russian-Belarusian flight drills, Deineko confirmed that on 15 January, eight planes have been transferred from the Russian airfields in Voronezh and Kursk to Belarus, together with six Su-34 bomber-fighters and two Su-30 SM multipurpose jets.
The overall variety of planes and helicopters on the territory of Belarus is now about 50; most of them are deployed at two airfields, Machulishchy in Minsk Oblast and Baranavichy in Brest Oblast.
On the similar time, no occasions have been recorded in Belarus on Monday, Deineko famous.
Quote: “We’re consistently monitoring all the state of affairs, primarily that in regard to the rise within the aviation element [i.e., the number of aircraft]. Concerning the introduced drills for the interval from 16 January to 31 January, we will say that there have been no occasions right now.
There have been flights of three AN planes, however these have been merely close-support plane; the corresponding cargo was moved.”
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