The commander of the grouping of forces and means of defense of the capital, Lieutenant-General Alexander Pavlyuk, spoke about the defense of Kyiv in the event that the aggressor decides to make a second attack on the city. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine expect to stop the enemy at the Belarusian border, and now work is underway for this..

During the telethon, Pavlyuk said that the Ukrainian side is constantly monitoring the movement of Russian units in the Republic of Belarus, new deployment points and training grounds. So the general believes that the Ukrainian leadership will have time to warn citizens in case of a new danger..

" The Kyiv region has prepared quite powerfully for a possible new offensive, Pavlyuk notes.. “These are several lines around Kyiv with a total length of about 1,000 km, where a powerful defense system has been created on the basis of fortification positions, long-term defense structures, and it will be impossible to pass through like that.”.

The military added that the Ukrainian-Belarusian border now is solid rubble and minefields" So the enemy will need extraordinary efforts to get through it..

" We do not plan to let them go beyond the border,"

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Recall that the military-political leadership of Ukraine warns that Russia is preparing to launch a new offensive against Ukraine in 2023.. The most optimistic option is if this happens in February-March. At the same time, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny notes that it is not yet clear in which direction this will happen.. Therefore, he does not exclude the possibility that the occupiers will again try to capture Kyiv, starting the operation from Belarus..