Ukraine launches major operation to fend off new threat from north | Today’s news

Ukraine has announced a major security boost in the north of the country to deter Russia from another push towards Kiev through the territory of neighboring Belarus.

The country’s army and agents of the Security Service of Ukraine will comb the area for spies and subversives, search buildings for prohibited items, check cars and restrict traffic, the SBU said in a Telegram post on Thursday.

“These measures have an unprecedented scale in terms of personnel and resources deployed in areas adjacent to Russia and Belarus and are intended as a strong deterrent against any aggressive actions or operations by the enemy and its allies,” the SBU said.

Russia is considering a new offensive in northern Ukraine that could reflect its failed attempt to seize the capital in the first weeks of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a telegram post on Wednesday. It was then that Kremlin forces seized territory near Kiev and Chernigov, but were forced to retreat due to heavy resistance.

Zelenskyi has repeatedly warned in recent days that Russia plans to involve Minsk more deeply in its war, which he says may include an attack on Ukraine or one of the NATO member states neighboring Belarus.

Belarus this week conducted nuclear weapons drills alongside the forces of its Russian ally. Nuclear munitions have been delivered to field depots in Belarus, with the country’s forces practicing their use with Iskander-M missile launchers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram on Thursday.

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