Joint training of Russian troops I am not a direct threat to Kiev - KMVA
At the same time, the Ukrainian command believes that the joint military exercises of the Russian and Belarusian army in Belarus, which is scheduled for January 16, should not be taken as a direct threat to the Ukrainian capital. This was reported by the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Sergey Popko.
The Ukrainian military notes that the enemy plans to carry out a new mobilization in the Russian Federation, and those conscripts that have fallen into the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces during last year's mobilization are currently undergoing training. "According to reconnaissance data, Russia prepares a new wave of mobilization, in addition, 150 thousand previously mobilized preparations on landfills," - the message reads.
At the same time, Belarus is preparing for military exercises and flight-tactical maneuvers of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus, which, according to a representative of Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Polishchuk, have a "defense character". According to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus, the total number of groups involved in the grouping is almost 9 thousand people. However, information was later received about the increase in the number of servicemen.
According to the head of the KMVA, the Ukrainian military before the end of the war do not exclude threats from the northern neighbor, but the training of the enemy does not pose a direct danger to Kiev. "I would not associate these exercises of the Air Force that will be in Belarus, with mass rocket strokes. We can wait for them at any time.
We create a corresponding echelorated system thanks to air forces and other air defense forces to be possible to prevent critical damage to infrastructure, ”Popko stressed. We will remind, the commander of the united forces of the Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Sergey Nayev told on January 12, about the readiness of the Ukrainian forces in the event of an attack of the enemy by Belarus.