Shoigu arrives in Minsk for talks
That’s according to BelTA, Ukrinform reports.
"Belarusian and Russian sides will discuss topical issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation," the statement reads.
Earlier, the Belarusian monitoring group "Belarusky Gayun" reported that on Thursday, December 1, a Russian Tu-154M passenger plane arrived in Belarus, presumably carrying a group of Russian generals to Minsk.
On December 1, the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, Vadym Skibitskyi, stated that the creation of a powerful offensive group, similar to the one deployed in January-February, has not been recorded on the territory of Belarus.
According to him, about 9,000 servicemen of the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Federation conducted combat training and coordination of units. Military intelligence does not rule out two options for the use of these troops: either from the territory of Belarus, or a rotational deployment in the territory of Ukraine, possibly in the Kharkiv direction.
In the future, Skibitsky noted, there is still a threat of the grouping being deployed by the allied state of Belarus-Russia, but there are not enough weapons accumulated to this end. Currently, Russia is actively removing weapons and military equipment from storage, warehouses, arsenals, and mobilization deployment support centers in order to replenish losses and equip the formations and units created as a result of mobilization.
