Total number of Russian troops in Belarus is now about 12 thousand people

He told about this on Espreso.

"Looking at last Friday, January 6, three echelons arrived from the Russian Federation to Belarus. Among them were two echelons with personnel representatives, as well as equipment. The Ministry of Defense of Belarus openly published photos of this equipment and some people. I  noticed on this technique winter camouflage with white paint, that is, they take into account the snow on the territory of Belarus or Ukraine. And this is a really old technique that they showed. Two echelons with military personnel numbered about 700-800 people in each, that is, a battalion. Accordingly, we can say that the total number of Russian troops on the territory of Belarus is about 12,000 people. They are not a strike group. They are mostly mobilized, who mostly live in large tent cities and train on training grounds," said the journalist. 

Valery Kalinovsky added that on Friday, January 6, Lukashenko met with the Russian military and told them about the common cause that Russia and Belarus are doing.  Accordingly, it was possible to see what the tents and the military looked like, but it was noticeable that the Russian military hid their faces during the meeting with Lukashenko.

• On January 5, it became known that Russia handed over a new batch of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers to the armed forces of Belarus.
• On January 6, two regular echelons of Russian military equipment arrived in Belarus, including KamAZs, Urals, BAZs with the Z symbol.
• On the night of January 6-7, another echelon of Russian soldiers was sent to Belarus.