Defense Minister says Ukraine is preparing for possible Russian invasion from Belarus

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Published 2022-12-14
CNN's Will Ripley reports from Ukraine's border with Belarus where there is growing concern about Russia once again assembling troops and holding joint-combat drills. #CNN #News

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  • I have friends in Belarus and I know this for a fact, Lukeshenko doesn't have enough power to keep his military and even his citizens in check if he joins with the Russian military to invade Ukraine.....
  • @alexv850
    Slava Ukraine from Hungary. Glory to the heroes of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
  • Putin: we will never invade Ukraine Also Putin: Joe, please recognise my annexed territories
  • Nothing says "great idea" quite like expanding how much you're losing by. There are a lot of Belarus fighters already in the ground in Ukraine. The thing is... they're mostly on the Ukrainian side. These are people who left their posts in Belarus to defend their cousins, aunts, and uncles in Ukraine.
  • @TheOffkilter
    If Belarus invaded it would be the end of Lukashenko as a independent ruler. I mean he barely is now but truly. If he gave the order I think hed get coup'ed out by his own generals, which would likely trigger a full takeover by Putin thus ending Belarus as a state. If the Russian army is doing this poorly I promise you the Belarussian army will do no better and likely far worse. Belarussian soldiers are even less motivated to fight Ukrainians than Russian soldiers are and they are even more poorly trained and equipped than them too.
  • @S.Hunter279
    I hope the Russians and Belarussians don't do this, because if they do, it will be very hard for the West to just watch and do nothing as Ukraine is stabbed in the back in yet another unjustified attack on its people and its territory.
  • @ultonian63
    Surely the Belarussian army would turn on Lukashenka rather than participate in this despicable war against Ukraine?
  • As a Brit, we should send as much technically sophisticated kit to the Ukrainians as is possible, and as quickly as possible. And we should redouble our efforts to get even more Ukrainians trained up by our army as quickly as is humanly possible. It's incumbent on all the western countries who have supplied arms to Ukraine to get those factories churning out replacement kit ASAP. Whether we like it or not, Ukraine isn't just fighting its own war of freedom, but fighting ours too.
  • Freedom for Ukraine from Russian aggression.....glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Godspeed and strength to Ukraine and God bless 🙌 🙏
  • To see the Ukrainian citizens determination in protecting their homeland is truly inspiring. They have stood their ground against Russia, the nation that has talked about its military strength for so long, for over 8 months! Ukraine has shown the world how strong they are and that they won't lose their homes to their enemies.
  • @bodhikun
    How come it's OK for Belarus to help Russia, but it's not OK for NATO to help Ukraine?
  • Ukraine 🇺🇦 needs more modern weapons and equipment. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
  • I laugh remembering the times that I used to debate some people about US and Russian armies capabilities, those people always insisted on convincing me that Russian army is the most powerful that not even US couldn't take them on.
  • @alfatbear
    To all the Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches, God bless you, stay strong, and may you be victorious.
  • The optimism of the Ukrainian soldiers is inspiring. Slava Ukraine!
  • @fangan4770
    I hope the Belarusians rebel against their dictator rather than wage war against their neighbors.
  • @panchopuskas1
    If Belarus invades then NATO should take direct action......no messing.....