BBCNEWS Ukraine and Belarus February 6, 2022 02:12:00
They may be called upon to be this country's first line of defence. the enemy is not belarus, but somewhere beyond this barbed wire fence. russia has deployed its forces on belarusian territory, artillery and fighterjets, tanks and rocket systems. this right here is a highly strategic spot because up that road about an hour away are the russian forces. thousands of troops, hundreds of tanks and down that road is kyiv. it's pretty much a straight paved road all the way to the capital. the thought of russian tanks rolling down this road evokes the spectre of conflict on a terrifying scale.