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Mobilization feared in Belarus: Lukashenko “just needs to press a button”

2023-01-07T18:18:12.512Z


Mobilization feared in Belarus: Lukashenko “just needs to press a button” Created: 07/01/2023 19:14 By: Bona Hyun Could Belarus get involved in the Ukraine war? Opposition politicians fear mobilization. © Alexey Danichev/dpa Could Belarus get involved in the Ukraine war? The opposition fears that preparations for mobilization are well advanced. MINSK - The Belarusian opposition warns against


Mobilization feared in Belarus: Lukashenko “just needs to press a button”

Created: 07/01/2023 19:14

By: Bona Hyun

Could Belarus get involved in the Ukraine war?

Opposition politicians fear mobilization.

© Alexey Danichev/dpa

Could Belarus get involved in the Ukraine war?

The opposition fears that preparations for mobilization are well advanced.

MINSK - The Belarusian opposition warns against a mobilization to support Russia in the war of aggression against Ukraine.

The opposition politician Pawel Latuschka, who lives in exile in Warsaw, told the

editorial network Germany (RND)

that the preparations for this were well advanced.

According to Latuschka, the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko would only have to press the button on orders from the Kremlin to start the mobilization.

This is reported by Kreiszeitung.de.

Could Belarus get involved in Ukraine war?

Preparation for mobilization already "advanced"

Concerns about an escalation of the Ukraine war are growing.

Belarusian politicians in exile fear that Belarus could fight alongside Russia in the Ukraine war.

"The census of all conscripts in Belarus is practically complete," Latushka told

RND

.

In addition, almost all employees who report to the Belarusian Ministry of the Interior have been asked to hand in their passports.

In the event of mobilization, people will not be able to leave the territory of Belarus, Latushka said, citing sources from Minsk.

Speculation that Belarus and Russia could be preparing an offensive against Ukraine was heightened when the Belarusian dictator received Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin a few weeks ago.

It was speculated that at the meeting Russia would encourage its western neighbors to go to war against Ukraine.

This has not yet been confirmed by either side.

Lukashenko himself had announced that the meeting between him and Putin would be about deepening economic cooperation.

Extension of the Ukraine war possible?

Russia stationed army units in Belarus

But contrary to Lukashenko's statements, there could be indications that Belarus and Russia are arming themselves against Ukraine.

According to the opposition politician Latuschka, a stronger Russian military presence in Belarus can be observed.

This affects both the number of soldiers and the military equipment.

"Military exercises of the Russian armed forces, including exercises on cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, are held regularly," Latushka told

RND.

According to

Deutschlandfunk

, Russia has been stationing army units in Belarus since October 15.

According to official information, up to 9,000 soldiers and around 170 tanks, 200 armored vehicles and “up to 100 weapons and mortars with a caliber over 100 millimeters” are expected.

This was announced by the head of the department for international military cooperation in the Belarusian Defense Ministry, Valery Revenko, on October 17 on Telegram.

However, this information has not yet been verified.

Despite a growing military presence: Belarusian ruler Lukashenko does not want to get involved in the war

Ruler Lukashenko continues to assert that Belarus will not interfere in the war in Ukraine.

According to Deutschlandfunk

, Lukashenko justified the deployment of joint troops from Belarus and Russia by

saying that it was only for defense.

Lukashenko said his government had been warned through “unofficial channels” about “preparations for an attack on Belarus from Ukrainian territory”. 

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Recently there have been increasing suspicions about when the Ukraine war could end.

Putin had announced a ceasefire in the Ukraine war over the holidays, which was broken.

Current developments could indicate that the end of the war is still a long way off in 2023 and that politicians could continue to make demands.

Both Ukraine and Russia appear to be preparing for counter-offensives.

The West continues to support Ukraine - among other things, Germany plans to sell the Marder tank to Ukraine.

Source: merkur

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