The Ukrainians blew up almost all the border bridges and mined the roads. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anatoly Lappo.
“The situation in the southern direction is difficult. The efforts of the Ukrainian side are focused on building up the cover of the state border. To date, almost all border bridges have been blown up, and automobile, railway, and border roads have been completely mined,” Lappo said.
According to the head of the border service of the republic, anti-tank mines are installed on the roads in three rows. At the same time, Belarusian border guards are constantly under pressure from the adjacent territory.
“We experience pressure on ourselves, they aim at our border guards, sometimes they shoot in the air, there is constant aerial reconnaissance,” said the chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus.
The armed forces of Belarus are ready if necessary
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus stated that they were ready “if necessary, to put up a resource of 500 thousand conscripts”
60% of the country’s army are contract soldiers
“>attract resource half a million conscripts. 60% of the Belarusian army are contract soldiers, so there is no need to recruit those who want to serve for money in the republic.