Oct. 9 () –
The director of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Anatoli Lappo, has denounced this Sunday that the Ukrainian forces have mined the roads and blown up almost all the bridges and railways that link the two countries on the border.
“They have even put anti-tank mines on three-lane highways,” Lappo said, according to Belarusian media.
“Noes are pressing. They target our border agents and sometimes shoot into the air. There are constant aerial reconnaissance,” Lappo added.
This same Sunday Belarus has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to the country, Igor Kizim, to formally denounce kyiv for planning an attack within the country in an accusation that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has categorically denied.
Ambassador Kizim’s summons occurred on Saturday night, when he received an official protest note about “kyiv’s plans to attack Belarus,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.
In the same statement, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Oleg Nikolenko, “categorically rejects the insinuations of the Belarusian regime” about these alleged plans.
The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, openly confirmed this week that his government does participate in the military offensive launched by Russia on Ukraine, after months in which he has made an effort to clarify his degree of involvement with the invasion ordered in February by his ally. Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We do not rule out that the delivery of the diplomatic note may be part of the Russian plan to further provoke and accuse Ukraine. The Belarusian authorities must stop complying with the whims of the Kremlin and immediately stop supporting Russia in its aggression against Ukraine.” , he added in the statement, published on his Facebook page.
The spokesman appeals to the Belarusian population “not to succumb to provocations.” “Ukraine has never invaded foreign territories. We strictly adhere to the fundamental norms and principles of international law and the United Nations Charter,” he added.
