“The situation in the southern direction is difficult.
The efforts of the Ukrainian side are focused on building up the cover of the state border, ”Interfax quoted Lappo as saying on the air of the STV channel.
According to him, almost all border bridges have been blown up, border roads have been mined.
He noted that from the side of Ukraine, not border guards go to the border, but territorial defense.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the participation of the republic in a special military operation in Ukraine, but noted that the Belarusian military was not sent to the conflict zone.
Lukashenka also rejected accusations against Minsk of co-aggression against Ukraine, noting that the republic would remain an ally of Russia.