Russian troops seem to prepare a scenario involving the Belarusian army as the main strike force - military expert Kyrychevskyi

He said this on Espreso TV. 

“It seems that the Russian forces are still preparing a scenario to involve the Belarusian army as a strike force, which should advance in the first echelon from the north to Kyiv. If we decipher more objectively what the Belarusian measures of escalation and combat training mean, then we will see several scenes, which look somewhat grotesque and funny. Namely, the Russian occupiers showed the Belarusian military trophy samples of German Panzerfaust grenade launchers and used Javelin launchers, and the Belarusian military boasted that they had apparently developed "innovative" methods of protection against our anti-tank missiles in the form of not only a grill on the tank tower, but also a bucket with burning wood behind the tank. According to the intentions of the Belarusian military, this should distract the Javelin homing warhead from hitting the tank.  It is obvious that this is technically illiterate and in general somewhat archaic,” the military expert commented.

Ivan Kyrychevskyi noted that despite all that, military training activities are being conducted in Belarus and offensive operations are being rehearsed. Also, with the participation of Lukashenko, a review of the medical service of the Belarusian army was conducted. It is obvious that the Belarusians have concluded that one of the weak points of the Russian army is high sanitary losses, because the Russians do not take the wounded to hospitals and they die because of poor medical care. And Lukashenko thinks that his army will be able to escape this moment.

“Another point worth paying attention to is that Belarus has accelerated the production of its reconnaissance and strike drones. In addition, the Belarusians will need a few more months to ideologically train their military, after which we will have signals about the formation of strike groups. Such a picture is not very happy,” Kyrychevskyi concluded.

• On October 27, the Minister of Defense of Tsikhanouskaya's shadow government, Valer Sakhashchyk, reported that mobilization is in full swing in Belarus. 

• Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff noted that Belarus is preparing for escalation, they are talking about "preventive measures" against Ukraine and NATO.