Ukraine on Saturday warned of a threat of escalation on the border with Belarus, and summoned an emergency meeting of the city’s military and officials to develop an action plan for response. Mayor of Lviv Andrii Sadovyi, in a Facebook post, claimed that the military threat has been suspected to emerge near the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Belarusian military might launch an offensive and also possibly impose a blockade of export routes.
“In each district of the city, we will create a defense headquarters and conduct additional training for members of the volunteer formations of territorial defense forces,” Mayor of Lviv Andrii Sadovyi, informed on Saturday. “We will not transfer them to 24-hour duty yet. However, this decision can change at any moment. Since the situation on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border is unpredictable, this is its biggest difficulty. We are also considering the option of forming reserve volunteer battalions from employees of the city council and utility enterprises,” he went on to add.
Ukraine’s NSDC Center for Combating Disinformation, meanwhile, claimed that Russian troops have been planning a strategic attack on Ukraine from the frontier shared by Moscow’s ally Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko has also recently claimed that Ukraine’s forces have attempted to attack the military facilities on Belarusian territory. This, he said, happened three days ago. He warned that his country does not want to start a war with Ukraine, having earlier condemned the western arms supply.
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