An estimated 9,000 Russian troops recently transferred to Belarus for so-called joint training exercises. While Ukraine’s northern neighbor has not directly entered the war, Belarus did give logistical and political support to Russia.
Roughly 200,000 men have been mobilized or drafted into Russia’s war effort so far, President Vladimir Putin says. Many new soldiers wind up on the front without training or equipment.
TransWorld Radio contacts in Belarus and Russia face an uncertain future. The men could be drafted into the armed forces any day.
“They are living under many fears, questions, [and] worries,” Dirk Müller of TWR Europe says.
“They pray, ‘God, what is Your will? Where should we go? Georgia, Turkey, Armenia; or, should we stay?’ It’s a daily challenge to not [make decisions] by fear, but by faith.”
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SOURCE: Mission Network News, Katey Hearth
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