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Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he has ordered senior military commanders to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus.
The president said government and military leaders had also heard a report from Ukrainian intelligence and security forces on the situation in Belarus, Ukraine's northern neighbor.
It comes after up to 5,000 of Prigozhin's Wagner fighters were said to be joining him in the country, where dictator and Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko offered the use of an abandoned military camp.
Satellite images have shown tents appearing south-east of the Belarusian capital Minsk.
A Ukrainian government official told The Economist that the troops "could be used in diversionary missions" - although a military intelligence source told the newspaper that another Russian invasion from the north was unlikely.
"There may be a game to get us to move forces north, but we also play games, " he said.
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