Russia's invasion of Ukraine:Belarus and Russia are mobilizing together
Of:
Ebba Thornéus
Published: Less than 10 min ago
NEWS
At the same time, President Vladimir Putin confirms the attacks against Ukraine on Monday.
- If the attacks against Russia continue, the response will be powerful, he says in a televised speech.
The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and other places in the country were subjected to several attacks on Monday morning.
Several people were killed and several injured in the attack carried out by Russia.
Something that President Vladimir Putin confirmed at a meeting with the Russian Security Council at lunchtime.
- It was a coordinated attack from us. Long-range drones have hit Ukraine's energy, military and communications facilities, he declared in a televised speech.
The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, was one of the targets of the Russian robot attack. Photo: Adam Schreck/AP
"Will get back to you"
According to him, the attack took place when it turned out that Ukrainian special forces were behind the explosion on the bridge between the Crimean Peninsula and Russia last Saturday.
- The first results of the investigation into the attack show that the explosion was a terrorist attack, Putin said and continued:
- If the attacks against Russia continue, the response will be powerful.
The announcement came at the same time as Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced that Belarus and Russia are now forming a joint regional military force.
This after Ukraine, according to Lukashenko's own statement, is planning attacks on Belarusian territory.
Belarus President Alexandr Lukashenko together with Vladimir Putin. Photo: Gavriil Grigorov / AP
Russian and Belarusian soldiers train together in February 2022. Photo: AP
According to Lukashenko, the Russian-Belarusian alliance is already active, since two days ago.
Although Belarus did not actively participate in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the country has played a central role through both military exercises, the provision of air bases and as a base for troops and materiel.
Can be interpreted in several ways
The fact that Russia and Belarus now appear to be making common cause should be interpreted with caution, according to Ilmari Käihkö, docent in military science at the Defense University in Stockholm.
- It is difficult to say exactly what this means at the moment. There has been speculation in the past that Belarus would join the war but at the same time it has not been popular with the Belarusian population and it has been uncertain how much their military would actually be able to contribute.
Ilmari Käihkö, docent in military science at the Norwegian Defense Academy. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
However, Ilmari Käihkö believes that Ukraine must always be prepared for something to happen at the Belarusian border. What the joint mobilization currently means can therefore be interpreted in several ways, according to Käihkö.
- Maybe Belarus has chosen to move its forces in order to tie up Ukrainian forces, who are thus unable to defend themselves in other places in Ukraine. At the same time, we know that Russian forces have previously operated from Belarus in the past by, among other things, using their air bases and some of the Russian units have emanated from Belarus when they invaded.
- But this could also be about Russia wanting to show that they are not alone, that they still have allies as they have become very isolated from the outside world. But as I said, we don't yet know what this means, but it can be interpreted in several ways.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Putin confirms attacks on Ukraine
Of:
Matilda Aprea Malmqvist
Published: Less than 3 hours ago
Updated: Less than 50 min ago
NEWS
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirms this morning's attacks against Ukraine in a televised speech.
He says it is a response to the blowing up of the Crimean Bridge.
- Russia will respond very forcefully to further attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on Russian territories.
During
a meeting with the Russian Security Council on Monday, Russian
President Vladimir Putin comments on the attacks on Ukraine in a
televised speech.
Putin accuses Ukrainian special forces of being behind the explosion on the bridgeligga bakom explosionen på bron) between the Crimean peninsula and Russia.
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It is clear that Ukraine ordered, organized and carried out the
terrorist attack that was intended to destroy Russia's critical civilian
infrastructure, Putin says in the speech.
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If the attacks continue against Russia, we will respond to further
attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on Russian territories very
forcefully, he says according to Reuters.
According to Sky News, he also accuses Ukraine of trying to blow up the Turkstream natural gas pipeline.
Confirms the attacks on Ukraine
Vladimir
Putin confirms in the speech that it is Russia that carried out a
series of attacks on Ukrainian cities during Monday morning.
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It was a coordinated attack from us. Long-range robots have hit
Ukraine's energy, military and communications facilities, he says.
A total of 43 robots reportedly hit Ukrainian soil, making it the first major missile attack on Kyiv since June.
Robots
have also hit civilian targets
At the same time, videos from the capital Kyiv show that, among other
things, a park next to a playground has also been hit by robots.
At least nine people are said to have died and 29 injured (nio personer ska ha dött och 29 skadats)in various locations in Ukraine.
Air
raid alerts have been issued across the country, and residents of the
regions are now being warned that more airborne attacks may occur and
are therefore being asked to seek shelter.
They are also asked to charge their phones and power banks as there is a risk of power outages in the country.
Vladimir Putin during his speech.
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