{"id":100859,"date":"2024-08-16T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/100859\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"weeks-after-lukasenkas-no-complications-assessment-defense-minister-warns-of-probable-armed-provocations-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/100859\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeks after \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s no-complications assessment, defense minister warns of probable \u201carmed provocations\u201d from Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 16, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus \u201chas been at the center” of global geostrategic interests and is \u201cfully prepared\u201d to counter any threats, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told his security officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His upbeat conclusion followed an alarmist report from Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin who warned about the danger of armed provocations against Belarus from Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe situation in the southern operational direction remains tense,” the defense ministry\u2019s press office quoted Chrenin as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defense minister\u2019s remarks stood in sharp contrast with optimistic assessments made by the Belarusian ruler three weeks before Ukraine\u2019s surprise incursion into Russia\u2019s Kursk province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow we have no complications with the Ukrainians, and I hope there will be none,\u201d he said during a visit to the 56th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment in the Brest region on July 13. \u0141uka\u0161enka even ordered his troops to return from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border to their permanent bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, today Chrenin pointed out that Kyiv continues to beef up security, deploying special operations units near the Belarusian border and conducting reconnaissance with drones. He noted attempts to violate Belarusian airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed Ukrainian units may be plotting provocations together with Belarusian volunteers fighting against Russia, the general warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 10, amid the Ukrainian offensive in Russia’s Kursk province, \u0141uka\u0161enka accused Kyiv of violating the Belarusian airspace with drones and sent back his troops to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine has not reported any tension at its shared border with Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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