Nayev emphasized that the Ukrainian military has seriously strengthened the northern border.

The commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naev, said that the enemy does not have enough forces on the territory of Belarus for a repeated land attack on the northern regions of Ukraine.

“We assess the level of the military threat taking into account the forces that are currently on the territory of Belarus. These forces are not enough for a ground offensive at the moment, but what may happen in the future depends on the intentions of the enemy,” Telegram quotes him as saying. channels of the Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to Nayev, the Ukrainian military managed to significantly strengthen the northern border.

“We have created a system of engineering barriers, in particular mine-explosive ones, increasing their density tenfold along the state border. We have formed a system of defensive lines and positions,” added the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

What is happening in Belarus: the latest news

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War say that Russia intends to absorb elements of Belarus’ defense industry in order to rearm its army to support the long-running war against Ukraine. On February 17, Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko confirmed at a meeting with Putin that the Russian Federation had already started this process.

The self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, said he was ready to start a war on the side of Russia. However, according to him, this can happen only in one case.

Earlier, the spokesman of the State Border Service, Andriy Demchenko, noted that there is no concentration of enemy troops near the Ukrainian border in Belarus and Russia, which could carry out a repeated invasion of Ukraine from the north.