This was introduced by the Deputy Chief of the Primary Operational Department of the Basic Staff, Brigadier Typical Oleksiy Hromov, who spoke at a Kyiv briefing, Ukrinform studies.

“The scenario alongside the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Belarus continues to be managed and stable. The enemy proceeds to raise its teaching level, conducting schooling on Belarusian grounds, the place there are at the moment up to 11,000 personnel and far more than 400 units of weaponry and military machines of the occupying electric power. These days, the team of Russian troops deployed in Belarus, the Bryansk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation is half the amount of the grouping that was made use of for the attack on Kyiv in February of this yr — 22,000 in opposition to 45,500,” Hromov reported.

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He also mentioned that even in the scenario of the involvement of all battle Belarusian army units from amid the ground forces and special functions forces, the joint grouping will amount to about 30,000.

In accordance to Hromov, currently Russia has eradicated from Belarusian territory all shares of ammunition for artillery techniques and MLRS, which ended up created in the pursuits of the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the eve of the invasion on Ukraine.

Hromov added that Minsk has constrained opportunities to source the offensive grouping of troops with ammunition from its have territory.

“The potential customers for the involvement of the Belarusian forces in the war in Ukraine straight depend on the ability of the Russian forces to progress in the Donetsk route, as properly as on the action of the Ukrainian Protection Forces,” Hromov emphasised.

At the identical time, the Russian Federation is increasing its command in excess of the navy airfields of Belarus, and get the job done is underway on placing up extra devices at the Machulyshchi, Baranovichi, and Luninets airfields. In specific, it is planned to flip Machulyshchi into a crucial hub for the desires of the Russian forces.

As claimed by Ukrinform, on December 27, the spokesman for the State Border Guard Support, Andriy Demchenko, said that the border guards do not at the moment file the creation of an offensive group in Belarus, which would be ready to have out an invasion.