Ukraine says situation on border with Belarus “unchanged”

KIEV, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — The situation on Ukraine’s border with Belarus remains “unchanged,” Andriy Demchenko, the spokesman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, said on Sunday.
Demchenko denounced as “false” the remarks of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko regarding the deployment of additional Belarusian troops along the border with Ukraine, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported.
“We have not seen an increase in the equipment or manpower of Belarusian units near our border,” Demchenko was quoted as saying.
Earlier in the day, Lukashenko said that Belarus had deployed a third of its army along the border with Ukraine, according to local media reports. ■