Ukrainian Military Analyst Explains When Offensive From Belarus May Begin

Andrei Kovalenko believes that the Belarusian military will also take part in it.

Russian troops may start an offensive from Belarus in March-April 2023.

This is the purpose of the military exercises, organized by the Russian Federation in Belarus.

Military analyst Andrei Kovalenko, a military defence officer, believes that Russian occupants want to train the Belarusian army to the maximum by spring in such a way that it would be able to participate in the offensive operation.

He expressed this opinion in an interview to Glavred.

Kovalenko notes that it's very difficult to attack well-equipped, fortified and mined positions, even for a professional army. Therefore, the occupiers are trying to prepare the Belarusian military for this.

"The Russians want the Belarusian military to be able to work in March and April. After all, tactics and troop management is a long process. And one can see that the Russians are now working on the Belarusian military's understanding of how the battle management, the troops are run in Russia. So that battalions and commanders of the units understand what the Russian generals want from them," says the military analyst.

As Charter97.org wrote, Valeriy Zaluzhny, head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said that in February Russia might attack Kyiv from Belarus.