Amid heavy fighting in Ukraine, Russia has increased the age of eligibility for military conscription which could potentially see conscripts sent to regions of Ukraine that were annexed by Russia last year.
Oleh Izhak, the head of research at the Kyiv-based National Institute for Strategic Studies, said that 20,000 combat-capable Belarusian soldiers and 9,000 Russian soldiers could stage an offensive from the north.
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