There may be presently no direct navy risk from Belarus, however the danger of sabotage and reconnaissance teams infiltrating northern Ukraine from its territory stays, Spokesperson for the Most important Intelligence Company of the Protection Ministry Vadym Skibitsky mentioned.
“The state of affairs is tough, however manageable, and there’s no direct risk as we speak,” Skibitsky mentioned at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
In response to him, everybody understands the extent of risk which will come up if Russian troops are transferred to the territory of Belarus, as was the case on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, and the Most important Intelligence Company of the Ministry of Protection, along with different constructions of the intelligence group, are monitoring the state of affairs.
“We don’t see the lively creation of offensive teams, primarily Russian ones, on the territory of Belarus, on the similar time, measures are being taken to continuously assist the armed forces of Belarus in fight readiness. In the present day, on a rotational foundation, these are six battalions and one particular forces detachment are situated close to our border… In response to the assertion of the management of Belarus, they perform actions there to guard the border and their territory,” Skibitsky mentioned.
He additionally mentioned “very lively coaching of particular items, each Belarusians and particular person inspectors, particular person items of the Russian armed forces” is going down on the territory of Belarus.
“On this case, there could be just one risk – that sabotage and reconnaissance teams can function from the territory of Belarus in our northern areas. This consists of reconnaissance, and potential sabotage, and different particular points which can be carried out exactly by particular forces,” the consultant of the Intelligence Company mentioned.
