The Ukrainian presidency reported that President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered to check the combat readiness of his forces in 4 regions on the border with Belarus.

At the end of May last year, the official news agency Belta reported, citing the Military Commissar of the Gomel region of Belarus, Andrei Krivonosov, that exercises with military authorities and the armed forces would be held from June 22 to July 1. in the south, and in the east it borders on Russia.

“Such events are traditionally held to increase the combat and tactical readiness of military units, improve military knowledge and practical skills among those fit for military service,” Bilt quotes Krivonosov. He explained that “from June 28 to July 16, military training will be carried out with persons eligible for military service.”

Authorities in Belarus, a close Russian ally, noted in March that “its armed forces are not involved in what Moscow calls a special operation in Ukraine, but it was a springboard for Russia to send thousands of soldiers across the border on February 24th. .”

On May 26, the country’s leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered the creation of a new military command in the south of the country, bordering Ukraine.