About 32,000 NATO soldiers, over 1,000 armored vehicles, 235 airplanes and helicopters are deployed near Russia’s and Belarus’s borders, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
“The situation is no calmer on the European continent, including near our borders. In the immediate vicinity of Belarus and Russia, as part of the alliance’s operations in Europe, about 32,000 soldiers of the contingents of the unitedΒ armed forces of NATO and the United StatesΒ are stationed. There are more than 1,000 armored vehicles, about 160 artillery systems and mortars, 235 airplanes and helicopters,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying by the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.
