{"id":93320,"date":"2024-06-29T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93320\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kyiv-says-boosting-border-protections-is-for-defense-not-attack","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93320\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv says boosting border protections is for defense, not attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 29, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Minsk \u201cimagines\u201d a military build-up and provocations at the shared border with Ukraine, in particular in the Zhytomyr region, Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for Ukrainian border guards, has told pravda.com.ua<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine is ramping up fortifications at the border to defend itself, not to attack, he stressed, noting that the move does not pose a threat to Belarus. \u201cUkraine defends and will continue to defend its territories from enemy attacks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus “will remain a threat” as long as it remains “in the orbit of influence of the terrorist country,” Demchenko added in an apparent reference to Minsk’s support of Russia’s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian state agencies have been spreading reports about military build-up at the border with Ukraine since June 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week ago, the Belarusian army launched a surprise drill in the Brest and Homiel regions bordering Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Belarusian border guards reportedly used weapons and electronic warfare systems to force a reconnaissance drone to land in the Homiel region after discovering a cache with materials used to manufacture improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv dismissed the build-up accusations as an information campaign to escalate tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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