Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is establishing a people's militia due to stop Ukrainians from conducting destabilization from their shared border.
Other countries close to the Ukrainian border, like Transnistria, a breakaway of Moldova, have reported that Kyiv might have been involved in an attack using a drone, mentioned Pravda.
Lukashenko To Establish People's Militia
Last Friday, the defense minister Viktor Khrenin said that Lukashenko announced the establishment of a southern military command close to the Ukraine border, reported RT.
The Belarusian leader commanded the military to organize a civilian militia in Belarus; while in a meeting of governors and military commissioners of Belarusian regions.
Discussions with governors will be governed by law, according to Khrenin, when the Belarusian armed forces' numerical strength will be increased. He added that the most important thing must be that we have both people and weapons for this.
Belarus currently has 60,000 active-duty soldiers and a reserve of up to 340,000. In Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, the militia, Narodnoe Opolcheniye, has a long history dating back to medieval times.
Napoleon's invasion of 1812 had been thwarted thanks to the 400,000-strong militia. The most recent instance, the mass levy was used occurred during WWII.
Belarusian President Lukashenko made the Belarusian military organize the People's militia to set up an operational military district on the country's southern border, citing the escalation of violence in Ukraine.
Many units have been stationed along the western and northern borders, close to NATO members Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia, cited CSM Times.
Last week, officials in Minsk expressed concern that Ukraine had encamped 20,000 troops along the Belarusian border, alleging Ukraine of erecting defenses and dispatching saboteur units across.
Kyiv Considers Belarus an Adversary
The start of the conflict in Ukraine has caused more tension as the special operation started by Moscow in Donbas in February.
Russian force's assault in several directions included an incursion on Belarus territory, inciting fears that Minsk would be part of the hostilities. Belarusian leaders, despite allegations, said there are no plans to be part of the Russian offensive.
Following Ukraine's failure to enforce the terms of the Minsk agreements, which were first signed in 2014, and Moscow's ultimate acknowledgment of the Donbas republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, Moscow ordered an offensive. The protocols brokered by Germany and France are intended to confer special status to the separatist regions within Ukraine, noted Al Jazeera.
Since then, the Kremlin has insisted that Ukraine affirm itself as a neutral country that would never participate in the NATO military coalition led by the United States.
Kyiv asserts the Russian offensive was completely unwarranted and disproves claims that it intended to retake the two republics via armed force.
In an earlier meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Lukashenko added that Poland and other NATO members want to sever Ukraine for their agenda, trying to make Kyiv think it has good intentions.
The Belarusian president stressed how the people's militia should be formed to strengthen the borders due to Ukraine starting trouble against Russian allies.
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