Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force

Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, said Belarus and Russia would deploy a joint military task force on the country’s western borders in response to what he called an aggravation of tension, Qazet.az reports according to the state-run Belta news agency.

Reuters reports the agency quotes Lukashenko as saying the two countries would deploy a regional military group, and had started pulling forces together two days ago, apparently after the explosion on Russia’s bridge to Crimea.

The Russian state-owned RIA Novosti agency reports Lukashenko as saying: “This is all according to our documents. If the threat level reaches the current level, as it is now, we begin to use the union state grouping.”