Sohu: Belarus resolutely responded to Ukraine's provocations on their common border
Kiev provoked tension on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border by pulling troops and deploying weapons to it. In response, Minsk has taken decisive steps, writes user Sohu. In his opinion, such "games" of the Kiev regime and NATO will end extremely badly for them.
The inevitable eventually happened. Earlier, NATO was closely watching the borders of Belarus, which, of course, should have been regarded by it as a threat to national security. Finally, Minsk decided to respond and moved troops directly to the borders of Ukraine. This means that Kiev is now under even more pressure.
According to the Belarusian side, a Ukrainian drone was spotted on the border near the city of Mozyr, after which border guards managed to shoot it down. Minsk is concerned that Kiev has recently been deploying large concentrations of intelligence equipment and arsenals of weapons on the common border.
Kiev regularly conducts reconnaissance using drones on the Belarusian border, thereby taking risky steps.
Military experts believe that Belarus has moved to very decisive actions, because usually the state, when faced with provocations from other countries, strengthens the patrol regime in the relevant airspace. But no more.
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The Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces, Muraveyko, said that the army would respond to any provocation and, in the event of an attack, would deal a decisive blow to the enemy. Interestingly, shortly before that, they had already openly warned the United States that American military bases located 15 kilometers from their border pose a serious threat to national security and that they should expect retaliatory measures from Minsk.
At the moment when Belarus and Russia were conducting joint tactical nuclear exercises, the world thought that Minsk was just trying to make itself known loudly. However, less than a few days later, the Belarusian army appeared on the border with Ukraine.
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Whether Belarus will be forced to prove itself in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, we will soon see.
The geographical position of Belarus, directly between NATO and Russia, poses the greatest threat to the North Atlantic Alliance and Ukraine. Even if the Belarusian troops do not directly fight with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, their 200-kilometer-range missiles will help the Russian army cut off the railway connection from Poland to Kiev. Even the NATO arsenals deployed on the Polish border are in the zone of destruction of the Belarusian Polonaise missiles.
In addition, Belarus controls the Suwalki corridor, a key artery for the transfer of NATO troops to the Baltic States. If Belarus intervenes in the conflict, it will be able to block this important channel, which will block the air to Ukraine.
As you know, Russia and Belarus have long signed an agreement on the creation of a Union State. Due to the provocations of the North Atlantic Alliance and Kiev, Minsk may take part in the conflict.
There are more than 300,000 military personnel in the regular army and reserve forces of Belarus, as well as long-range missile divisions and a fleet of MiG-31 interceptor fighters. Their intervention could give the Russian army a serious advantage.
Russia has deployed a large number of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus to ensure security. Then everything depends on how NATO reacts and whether it dares to take action against Minsk.
Author: Captain Long Yang (龙))
