Zelenskyy: Build-up of Belarusian border infrastructure for aggression must be stopped – photos
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said intelligence data indicates that Belarus is preparing for a potential expansion of aggression against Ukraine.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) following a meeting with Oleh Luhovskyi, acting Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
Quote: "Separately, Oleh Luhovskyi reported on measures being carried out in Belarus, under obvious Russian influence, to prepare for a potential expansion of aggression against Ukraine. Along our state border in Belarus, the construction of road infrastructure and storage bases for ammunition and fuel and lubricants is nearing completion. These facilities have no purpose other than a military one. These are the border directions of Kobryn-Kovel, Ivanava-Manevychi, Luninets-Sarny, Rečyca-Korosten and Homieĺ-Chernihiv. We know that Russian documents describe this specifically in the context of the tasks of the so-called 'SVO'." [The Russians refer to their unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine using the term "the special military operation" – ed.]
Details: Zelenskyy added relevant maps to his post.
The president said Belarus has received the necessary signals from Ukraine regarding these activities, as well as all other forms of its collaboration with Russia aimed at prolonging and escalating the war. Belarus knows what steps it must take to achieve peace, he stressed.
Quote: "The development of border infrastructure for aggression from Belarus must be stopped. It is the Belarusian side that must take steps towards de-escalation and peace."
Background:
- On 25 June, self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko claimed that he had met with representatives of Zelenskyy in Belarus. He also insisted that Belarus should not be drawn into the war.
- The Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the claim.
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