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Mykola Sunhurovskyi: Ukraine should be ready for attack from Belarus

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Mykola Sunhurovskyi: Ukraine should be ready for attack from Belarus
Mykola Sunhurovskyi
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Ukraine should be ready for Russia's aggression not only on the eastern border.

Director of military programmes at Razumkov Center Mykola Sunhurovskyi said it at a press conference, Glavnye website reports.

“Ukraine has two more potentially dangerous sites near its borders. They do not threaten us now, but they can be used by Putin to destabilise Ukraine. The first one is Transnistria. There are about 25,000 of reserve, but we observe a massive exodus from Transnistria. We should remember that at least 7,000 Russian servicemen are deployed there 'to ensure security',” Sunhurovskyi said.

Ukraine made the right decision to ban the transit of Russian servicemen through Ukraine, which complicated the process of replenishing in Transnistria, he noted.

“Russia is looking for the reserve to attack us not only in Transnistria but also inside Ukraine, mainly among Cossacks,” the expert says. “The potential of Transnistria remains low today. The region is not able to act independently. But the Kremlin can activate it if necessary. Ukraine should understand it now and develop the defence strategy. Odessa can be the first target for an attack from Transnistria. We meed to pay special attention to this region.”

Belarus may become another lodgement for an attack on Ukraine, the expert forecasts.

“It's possible that we will get an unexpected problem in the north. We don't have problems there so far, but the conflict potential exists. Belarus will have the elections in November. Putin may interfere with them. The situation there is very unclear. It's early to speak about it now because there's a lot of secrecy about relations of Minsk and Moscow. If Russia interferes, Ukraine can have another stress point,” Sunhurovskyi thinks.

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