{"id":45344,"date":"2023-01-16T15:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/ukraines-rivne-region-beefs-up-security-at-shared-border-with-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"ukraines-rivne-region-beefs-up-security-at-shared-border-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45344\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Rivne region beefs up security at shared border with Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 16, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Ukraine has been strengthening border protection in the Rivne region along its 229-kilometer shared border with Belarus, Vitaly Koval, head of the Rivne regional administration, said in his Telegram channel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t New fortification and anti-tank trenches should prevent the potential advance of the Russian troops into Ukraine from Belarus, he stressed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The local population is ready to fight and defend their land, he noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;Consider it another army,&#8221; Koval wrote. &#8220;Historically, northern areas of the Rivne region are a land of partisan glory. There has always been a strong resistance movement here. Neither fascist Germany nor the all-controlling Soviets were able to defeat them.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ukrainians &#8220;will not allow anyone to come into their homes, to hurt their children, wives and mothers,&#8221; Koval noted. They participate in daily combat training and volunteer to dig anti-tank trenches and make defensive fortifications, the official added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Rivne region has mined the entire border perimeter, Koval said, noting that its northern part is covered with dense forests and swamps.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;Only a madman would dare to get into this, as we call it, Polissia cauldron,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The north of Rivne region will turn into bloody swamps if Russia opens one more front from Belarus.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine. Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka admitted that Belarus participated in Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, but said it was &#8220;not killing anyone.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities in Minsk denied Belarusian army troops\u2019 involvement in combat operations on the Russian side. However, Belarus allowed Russian troops to attack Ukraine from its territory on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, BPN. Ukraine has been strengthening border protection in the Rivne region along its 229-kilometer shared border with Belarus, Vitaly Koval, head of the Rivne regional administration, said in his Telegram channel. New fortification and anti-tank trenches should prevent the potential advance of the Russian troops into Ukraine from Belarus, he stressed. 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