Armed Forces of Belarus will create the Southern Operational Command, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting in the Ministry of Defense on Thursday, BelTA news agency reported.
According to Lukashenko, the defense minister advised to open an operational command in the southern direction of the country last year. It will operate along with the Western and Northwestern Operational Command.
The president noted that the army is forced to defend the southern borders of the country, and he ordered the rotation of armed forces, special operations forces, and battalion tactical groups, which are directed to the south and work together with the border troops.
On May 15, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Igor Korol said that the Ukrainian military was mining roads and bridges on the territory adjacent to Belarus.
