“We have strengthened security measures both in the territorial internal affairs bodies and in general on the territory of 14 districts of the Brest and Gomel regions,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.

Kubrakov explained that additional special forces, special police units are working in these areas.

Earlier, the border committee of Belarus reported a provocation by the Ukrainian military using an armored personnel carrier at the border.

The deputy head of the office of the Ukrainian leader, Kyrylo Timoshenko, said that Ukraine had built about 3 km of a reinforced concrete fence on the border with Belarus in the Volyn region.