Armed Forces of Ukraine began construction of a barrier on the border with Belarus

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun construction of a barrier on the border with Belarus, reported press service of the border committee of Belarus in the Telegram channel.

“The Ukrainian military has begun construction of a reinforced concrete fence, on top of which barbed wire of the egoza type has been installed in two rows,” the report says. The height of the barrier is 3-4 meters. Ukrainian troops erected a fence at a distance of 10-15 meters from the state border of Belarus.

In October, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich declaredthat the country will not enter into a military conflict in Ukraine until the state border is violated – “then we will fight back.” He stressed that “the West is increasingly trying to find leverage and ways of influence in order to draw our country into a military conflict,” since some European states are not satisfied with the existence of “such a corner of security, peace, creation” as Belarus.

Last month, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the deployment of a small part of the Russian military on the territory of the republic as part of the deployment of a joint regional group of troops. The basis of this group, the formation of which has already begun, will be the Belarusian military, he stressed. The Belarusian president also believes that Kyiv is preparing to open a second front on the border with the republic, which is “crazy from a military point of view,” but Ukraine is being pushed into this by its Western “masters.”

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Lukashenka from participating in the conflict in Ukraine, otherwise he will have “problems”. Macron also recalled that the EU had already imposed sanctions on Belarus after the Russian military was stationed on the territory of this country “for transfer to Ukraine.” At the same time, the EU has already introduced several packages of sanctions against Belarus after the last presidential election, which was won by Lukashenka.