{"id":142883,"date":"2025-06-16T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142883\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ukraine-braces-for-provocative-acts-at-border-during-zapad-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142883\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine braces for provocative acts at border during Zapad 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Andrii Demchenko has said the Belarusian-Russian drill Zapad-2025 may include provocative acts with respect to Ukraine\u2019s border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus and Russia plan to hold the joint maneuvers in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to UNN, Demchenko stressed that Belarus had opened its border for Russian attacks and continued to support Moscow. Therefore, Ukraine should beef up border security to be ready to repel any aggression, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he added that Ukraine had not spotted any active or emerging strike groups in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"Zelensky: Belarus will likely try moving joint exercise with Russia away from our border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zelensky: Belarus will likely try moving joint exercise with Russia away from our border<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 16, Pozirk. Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Andrii Demchenko has said the Belarusian-Russian drill Zapad-2025 may include provocative acts with respect to Ukraine\u2019s border. Belarus and Russia plan to hold the joint maneuvers in September. According to UNN, Demchenko stressed that Belarus had opened its border for Russian attacks and continued to support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":78790,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-142883","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine braces for provocative acts at border during Zapad 2025 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 16, Pozirk. 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