Posted on 03/12/2022 1:45:20 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Belarus has no plans to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine but is sending five battalion tactical groups (BTGs) to its border on rotation to replace forces already stationed there, its Chief of General Staff Viktor Gulevich said on Saturday.
A top Ukrainian security official on Friday warned Belarus not to send troops to Ukraine, saying Ukraine was showing restraint towards Belarus despite the country being used as a launchpad for Russian planes.
“I want to underline that the transfer of troops is in no way connected with (any) preparation, and especially not with the participation of Belarusian soldiers in the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine,” Gulevich said.
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What’s in it for Belarus?
Putin should have told them to cut off the Western Ukraine border with Poland, its mind bogglingly stupid that they allowed the Western border to be open for the NATO countries to ship arms across.
If Putin falls, Lukashenko falls.
I think Lukashenko goes first.
If Belarus is denying invading Ukraine, that is a signal they will invade.
They are probably already in their, as replacements for Russian dead.
And why is it wrong for NATO countries to ship arms to Ukraine when it is being illegally attacked?
Let’s say Ukraine wins. I’d tell Belarus they’re next. Allowing Minsk to be used as a staging area is ok?
I didn’t say it was wrong, im saying from a tactical prospective it was stupid for Putin to leave the border with Poland open, when he could have come straight down and cut it off.
What’s in it for Belarus?
Absolutely nothing.
Lukashenko is not representative of ordinary Bialorussian views. He is a dictator since the fall of the USSR. He is now Putin’s b!tch
Belarus does not have much of a military.
In 2017 the IISS estimated that personnel in the armed forces numbered 48,000. Most soldiers are conscripts serving for a period of 18 months, although there is an alternative service option.
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