The Commander of the Armed Forces talks about the environment in the background of exercise Zapad: the temperature rises constantly

“Activity is increasing at the state border and this is evidenced by the number of those trying to enter Lithuania illegally. Yesterday 155, yesterday a little less, but that increase is. We notice that a slightly larger group is also arriving, and we have also noticed that many of those illegal immigrants are simply reluctant to go to the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, migrate and some return after certain deterrence actions. The situation is still quite dynamic, “R. Liubajev told reporters at the Seimas on Friday.

So far, he says, it’s hard to say to whom this can be attributed.

“So far we can relate it to the next exercise, but we do not have direct evidence of whether the element of illegal migration is an element of this exercise. The situation is quite dynamic,” emphasized the general.

Liubayev said officials provide partial assistance to illegal immigrants “trapped” at the border.

“I mean we don’t have situations like this with larger groups on the state border to this day. We have two small groups on the state border. Those illegal immigrants are on the Belarusian side, the concept of” no man’s land “does not exist. “, emphasized the border commander.

The aforementioned migrants, even after the withdrawal of official forces, as R. Liubajev said, often still do not dare to cross the border.

“There are enough cases where they are detained at some distance from the state border, because it takes some time for SBGS officials to react to the violation, and during that time illegal immigrants can go deep into the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. . “Belarus said the migrants to R. Lubayev.

Toad: The temperature is rising all the time.

The Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General V. Rupšys, stated that the atmosphere was hot due to the start of the Zapad exercise.

“The temperature is increasing all the time as the Zapad continues to accelerate, but it seems to be working as now officially stated. You have to look at it in a complex way, you can see the complete strategic picture of how that Zapad develops.

The intentions and forces of the officially declared Russian Federation are slightly different from those now in common use. “Zapad is definitely not related to our country or the Baltic region, it is more focused on the whole European part,” commented V. Rupšys.

Units of the Russian army, according to the lieutenant general, are already in Belarus.

“But as much as it has been declared and deployed now,” he noted.

According to V. Rupšis, the situation related to the military forces on the border is calm and the NATO allies are closely monitoring the progress of the exercises.