Belarus invades Ukraine as second nation to join Russian attack

Belarus has joined the Russian invasion to grow to be the second nation to assault Ukraine, the federal government has stated.

Ukrainian parliament claims that troops 'have entered' the northern area of Chernihiv, in response to a tweet from its official Twitter account.

The invasion was confirmed by Latvian Defence Minister, Dr Atis Pabriks, who acknowledged Belarusian troopers had crossed the border into Ukraine, the Mirror reviews.

He defined to the Commons Overseas Affairs Committee: “This principally means we've two aggressives at this second formally.

“I'm very a lot involved that Russian troops, following orders from the highest, will go into the mode just like that President Assad was utilizing towards his inhabitants."

It comes solely hours after Belarusian president and Putin supporter Aleksandr Lukashenko claimed he had no plans to hitch Putin's battle.

He was quoted on Tuesday denying that Russian troops have been attacking Ukraine from Belarusian territory.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. (Picture: Peter KovalevTASS by way of Getty Pictures)

The Tweet from the official @verkhovna_rada Twitter account for the parliament of Ukraine, stated: "Belarusian troops have entered Chernihiv area.

"The knowledge was confirmed to the general public by Vitaliy Kyrylov, spokesman for the North Territorial Defence Forces.”

It means Lukashenko's troops have joined the battle on the sixth day of the invasion as Russia continues to push forward to attempt to take key Ukrainian cities.

In line with native reviews from the area, a column of 33 tanks rolled previous residents of Slabyn, Pakul and Mykhailo-Kotsyubynsky at 11.30am native time.

Enormous blast rocks Kyiv as civilians flee to underground bomb shelters. (Picture: Twitter)

These have been northern border cities, near Belarus, and never removed from Kyiv.

Beforehand, a US official had stated the Belarus might ship in troops to assist Russia.

Chatting with The Washington Submit on Sunday, they stated: “It’s very clear Minsk is now an extension of the Kremlin.”

Residents of Sievierodonetsk, Lugansk Oblast, look out from the basement the place they hid through the heavy shelling by Russian forces. (Picture: AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Nevertheless, the Ministry of Defence stated this morning that continued logistical difficulties held Putin’s forces up.

This comes as a 40 mile Russian armour convoy heads for the Ukrainian capital, in an effort to interrupt the impasse between the 2 sides.

Lithuanian Overseas Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis stated it's clear that Putin has "no boundaries" to what devices he'll use towards Ukraine.

Chatting with the Overseas Affairs Committee, he stated: "It's doable that this battle will grow to be a bloodbath."