Iran's President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. And so we demonstrate the combat readiness of the Polish military.. Belarus and Poland share a common border (~418 km long) which is the European Union external border, which also splits the primeval Biaowiea Forest between Belarusian and Polish national parks. [6] Both minorities represent autochthonous populations of the region and are officially recognised by their host governments. Belarus (then known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic), was divided between the Soviet Union and the Second Polish Republic when World War II began. It has also given refuge to opposition leader Valery Tsepkalo. Today we believe that the NATO forces in neighboring countries can become the core for creating attack groups against Russia and Belarus as its closest ally, Khrenin said Thursday. After days of silence, Lukashenko welcomed the move on Friday, announcing he had intensified talks with Putin about deploying both tactical and strategic nuclear weapons in the country. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. An analysis of the international situation and a forecast of its development allow making a number of main conclusions that testify to the presence of direct challenges to the military security of the Republic of Belarus, Khrenin said Tuesday at a military security meeting with Lukashenko. Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. He baselessly accused Western countries of "preparing to invade" Belarus from Poland and "destroy" it. This week Ukrainian forces continue to push into territories that Moscow claims to have absorbed into Russia via illegal annexation. Ukrainian intel suggests Belarus is prepared to join Russian invasion - CNN