Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, pointed out that Ukraine was closely monitoring the Belarusian direction and aware of the threat from that direction.
He told this in an interview with Ukrinform.
“We understand what is happening in Belarus, we are following the statements made by Lukashenko, we are aware of the threat that may exist from this direction. Unfortunately, in addition to this decision, there are Russian "Iskanders" located on this territory and we really realize the threat from that direction", Mr. Danilov said.
He was asked whether we could keep the defense in this direction. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council answered that it would depend on many factors.
“It depends on our army, on many factors. I would like to point out once again that no one believed that we would keep the defense on February 24. But we really kept it. Moreover, we liberated Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv regions from the invaders. Before the war, there were many meetings with the President and military leadership. General Zaluzhnyy was asked whether we could keep the defense and he answered quite clearly that only the battle could show this. In answering your question, I can say that only battle can show the readiness of our Armed Forces. ", - Mr. Danilov said.
To remind, Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, ordered the creation of a new operational command of the armed forces in the Ukrainian direction - the southern division. He also instructed the Defense Ministry to create a "people's militia" in the country.
Earlier, Anna Malyar, the Deputy Defense Minister, said that there was a threat of using Belarus to shell Ukraine under the pretext of conducting exercises