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Ukrainian soldiers on the lookout in the forests of the border with Belarus, the story of the special envoy of Figaro

2023-01-17T19:10:29.711Z


REPORT - The Russian and Belarusian threat, although imperceptible, is real for Ukraine. President Lukashenko maintains a dangerous balance with Putin.


Chernihiv region

On the Belarusian border, on the Ukrainian side, the horizon is unspeakable and the questions unanswered.

Where is the border really?

Less than a kilometer or a little further?

And is it still a frontier, or now a front?

In their trench, under their camouflage, the Ukrainian soldiers do not respond to anything, but their silence is always less disturbed than what they constantly watch.

Impossible here to see more than a few meters in the distance or to discern the slightest enemy, Russian or Belarusian: the birches obscure the field of vision and the snow covers everything in white, while the trench of the soldiers winds as far as the forest goes. extends.

However, if the Russian and Belarusian threat seems imperceptible, it is very real.

The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valeri Zalouzhny, declared on December 15, 2022: “

We must prepare for an invasion, which can take place in February, at best in March, and at worst at the end…

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Source: lefigaro

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