The Russian authorities prepare for a large-scale provocation against Ukraine in Belarus, Iryna Friz, the chairman of the Standing Delegation of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada in NATO PA wrote on her Facebook page.
“Russian TV channel Star (Zvezda), owned by the Russian Defense Ministry showed a Soviet propaganda-styled news item about the alleged preparations by Ukraine against Belarus. The news item says that Ukrainian intelligence agencies plan to send “a hit squad” of Belarusian origin to Minsk to overthrow the current government in this country,” wrote Friz. is an element of the Russian Federation’s preparation to a large-scale provocation against Ukraine on the territory of Belarus. The MP links this provocation with the fivefold increase
She added that such news is an element of the Russian Federation’s preparation to a large-scale provocation against Ukraine on the territory of Belarus. Friz links this provocation with the fivefold railway transportation volume increase of the Russian Defense Ministry to Belarus in 2017.
“The purpose of such action may be the elimination of the (Alexander) Lukashenko regime, the introduction of Russian troops, imposition of direct Russian control, as well as stationing Russian Armed Forces on the eastern border of the European Union to increase political pressure on Europe,” Friz said.
