The Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU) has warned on Tuesday that the Russian Armed Forces are reportedly moving units from Belarus to reinforce their positions in the east of the Ukrainian territory.
«The forces of the Russian Federation, which were previously on the territory of Belarus and were in training, are being slowly moved by Russia to the east of our country to strengthen their grouping,» SBU spokesman Andrii Demchenko has warned.
In this sense, the Ukrainian authorities consider that the transfer of Russian troops is mainly aimed at dividing the attention of Kiev, which can not only focus on defending points such as Bakhmut and its surroundings, the scene of confrontation, but also redouble its position on the rest of the eastern front.
«We do not notice that Russia has the forces or the means, or the creation of a strike group that could carry out a second invasion at this time. Intelligence units don’t think so either,» Demchenko assured, ruling out a second Russian wave for the time being.
On the other hand, the SBU spokesman detailed that the Ukrainian authorities have not detected any Russian or Belarusian military movements on the Belarusian borders in the last days.
However, he insisted that «the provocation continues», as Russia and Belarus continue to «constantly» carry out joint military trainings, the last one in the field of aviation, Ukrinform Ukrainian news agency reported.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
