Belarus announces arrival of first Russian soldiers for joint military force

The first soldiers of Russia of the new joint military force with Belarusannounced days ago, arrived in this country, Belarusian authorities said on Saturday.

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“The first trains with Russian soldiers that form the regional military force arrived in Belarus”, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense declared in a statement, without specifying the number of soldiers deployed by Russia for this purpose.

The ministry released images showing military trains and trucks, as well as Russian soldiers being greeted by women dressed in traditional costumes with bread and salt in their hands, a tradition of Slavic hospitality.

The Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenkoaccused on Monday Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine to prepare attacksterrorists” and a “lifting” in Belarusand announced the deployment of this regional military force.

Belarus assures that this force is solely defensive and seeks to guarantee the security of its border, at a time when Minsk accuses Kyiv to prepare an offensive, which raises fears of their direct intervention in the conflict in Ukraine.

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the ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, accused on Tuesday Russia to want “drag Belarus into the war” and demanded before the G7 an international observation mission on the border between his country and his neighbor to the north.

Belarusally of Russia in his conflict with Ukrainehas already lent its territory to the Russian army for the start of its offensive in February, although Belarusian forces have so far not participated in the fighting on Ukrainian territory.

The entry of Belarusian forces into the conflict would mark a new escalation.

Source: Elcomercio

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