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[Regnum] Ten battalion groups of the North Atlantic Alliance with a total strength of about 20 thousand people are located near the border of Belarus with the countries of the European Union.The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Pavel Muraveiko, announced this on June 30 on the ONT TV channel.
"Today, there are ten NATO battalion tactical groups with a total of over 20,000 people located near our borders. Of these, six are American," Muraveiko said.
According to him, the location of the North Atlantic Alliance contingent near the borders of Belarus is an irritant for the Belarusian military.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus also emphasized that the Belarusian side is doing everything possible to prevent an escalation of tensions, despite provocations from NATO.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Pavel Muraveiko previously reported that a difficult situation had developed on the border between Belarus and Ukraine. In particular, he pointed to the increased activity of Ukrainian unmanned aircraft, mining and the build-up of engineering barriers along the state border from the Ukrainian side, and the deployment of a large number of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the border with Belarus. Thus, the Ukrainian command pulled special forces units of the 1st presidential brigade into Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region.
On June 30, the head of the anti-aircraft missile forces department of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Andrei Severinchik, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had concentrated units with long-range unmanned aerial vehicles on the border with Belarus, including drones capable of striking deep into the republic. He emphasized that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrating air defense forces near the border, despite the lack of air defense systems in other directions.
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CNN: The US has put its military bases in Europe on high alert
The United States of America has placed several of its military bases in Europe on high alert due to fears that a terrorist attack will be carried out on the American military, CNN reported on June 30, citing information from two American officials.
The interlocutors told journalists that such measures were taken, among others, at the US Army garrison in Stuttgart, Germany. The headquarters of the US European Command is located there. The security level was raised to the second highest level.
One official at the base in Europe told the TV channel that such a high level of readiness had not been seen there in the last ten years. This means that information about the threat was received from reliable sources, he emphasized.
Journalists turned to European Command spokesman Dan Day for comment. He declined to provide specific details, noting that the US military constantly evaluates many factors that affect the security of overseas bases.
The TV channel also pointed out that European authorities had previously announced a potential terrorist threat in connection with the European Football Championship, which is taking place in Germany, and the Olympic Games, which are to be held in Paris.
As Regnum reported, on June 5, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced the risk of a major coordinated terrorist attack in the United States. According to him, there are groups that are inspired by attacks on American bases in the Middle East.
Since the beginning of the year, a number of US bases located in the Middle East have come under attack. In particular, in April, a missile attack on a base in Syria was carried out by Shiite armed groups belonging to the Islamic Resistance of Iraq. The shelling was carried out from Iranian territory.
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