Belarusian and Russian dictators Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin (Photo:Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS)
In an interview with Radio NV on Oct. 27, he spoke of the number of troops the Belarusian and Russian dictators, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, have gathered on the territory of Belarus, and whether Ukraine should expect a new attack this week.
NV: Brigadier General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Hromov said our General Staff doesn’t rule out the possibility of another Russian attack on Kyiv from Belarus, namely through the Chornobyl zone or Chernihiv Oblast. How do you assess such dangers?
Motolko: Currently, we can’t really say that the concentration of Russian troops in the south of Belarus is any different from what it was a month, or two or four months ago.
NV: I saw your analysis. You assumed that the Belarusian part of the Chornobyl zone is the only place in Belarus where drones could be secretly launched. What is your conclusion based on, and can we say that they are really launched from there?
Motolko: We still don’t have any confirmation that these Iranian drones are located on the territory of Belarus. There is no report from people in Belarus, no photo or video evidence of the border crossing, no confirmation to say so.
We began to work by excluding possibilities. Where can they be launched from? They can be launched, perhaps, directly near the border or from those territories where people do not live and, perhaps, there is no mobile communication.
I think that Polissia in Belarus, as well as in Ukraine, there are (places thagt are) almost completely deserted. In Belarus, these are the Olmany swamps in Brest Oblast and a section of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve (this is the Chornobyl zone). Not the safest place as we know. But it’s only place from where they could theoretically be launched now.
Later, our team began analyzing satellite images. And they noticed exactly two points. They noticed paths near these resettled villages in the Chornobyl zone, as well as a trampled road – there was some activity in the last few months. We assumed: if the drones could really be launched from Belarus, this is the most likely launch site.
But at the same time, we don’t have any confirmation yet. There is no satellite image showing (any) command post from where they could have done this. We assume (one should be there). For now, we still don’t have direct confirmation that there…
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