There are no signs that Russian forces are forming a strike group in Belarus. However, Belarus actually became a training ground for the Russian army. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for January 30..

ISW noted information from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine that the Russian military has deployed new military units in Belarus and redeployed part of the Russian units trained in Belarus back to Russia, and that there are 9,000 Russian military personnel in Belarus.

“Belarusian mechanized units continue to deploy the territory of Belarus for exercises. Logistics units of the 11th Belarusian mechanized brigade on January 30 completed the task of alerting the joint Russian-Belarusian regional group of forces (RGV) to support at an unspecified location, ”the ISW report says..

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Recall that the European Union has prepared an additional package of sanctions against Belarus for providing support to Russian troops in the war against Ukraine..