On October 15, the first echelons of the Russian army arrived in Belarus.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus, these are army ensembles belonging to the regional grouping of troops.
Russian Army Corporate Commander Viktor Smeyan said Russian infantrymen reached “the brotherly Belarusian people. “
Lukashenka announced the deployment of a joint Russian and Belarusian troops to the border with Ukraine on October 10. The dictator explained this by “the worsening of the ‘State of the Union’ on the western borders. “
In total, according to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia plans to place 20,000 mobilized people in Belarus.