“We are ready to respond to possible provocations in all directions of the border.

The necessary decisions have also been made to ensure collective security.

The regional grouping of troops and forces of Belarus and Russia is ready to deploy and carry out tasks for the armed protection of the Union State," BelTA quotes him as saying.

Khrenin said that military authorities at all levels are systematically conducting a comprehensive analysis of the situation on the borders of the republic.

As Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stressed earlier, Minsk has no plans to attack Ukraine.