Russia is preparing to station up to 150,000 troops in Belarus this year that could be used against NATO countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday in Munich.
“This year, Russia will prepare 15 divisions for training and strengthening the situation in the Belarusian direction. It will be 100,000-150,000 people,” Zelenskyy said.
“And I am not sure that this group will go on the offensive against Ukraine. But it will go on the offensive,” Zelenskyy said. “I am not intimidating anyone. They can simply go on the offensive into Ukraine, just like they went in 2022 … or they will go to Poland or the Baltic countries.”