The Ukrainian General Staff reports on Facebook that Russia is moving additional artillery units to Ukraine. According to the announcement, they are being transferred towards the Donetsk basin, in the area of the city of Izyum.
According to the headquarters, part of the troops near Kiev is also regrouping. The Russians are creating new strike groups, including units previously withdrawn from the combat area.
The General Staff also reports that in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, occupied by the Russians in March, the occupying authorities are preparing a plebiscite to justify the creation of a separatist, pro-Russian “people’s republic” there, similar to the Donetsk and Lugansk “republics” created by Moscow.
The Russians have also begun using Brest Airport in western Belarus, close to the border with Poland, for missile strikes against Ukraine, according to Ukrainian interior minister adviser Vadim Denisenko, Ukrinform reported on Thursday morning. .
– The offensive from Belarus has actually already begun. In addition, the Russians began to use the Brest airport for rocket attacks on our territory,” Denisenko said.
“Attack cannot be ruled out”
He added that the Belarusian regime is not ready to send its ground forces to Ukraine, but the pressure from Russia on this issue is so great that it cannot be ruled out that such an attack will take place.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian General Staff said that although the Belarusian authorities officially deny their participation in the war, they are providing their territory, airports and transport networks to Russian troops.