Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Tuesday (January 10) that Russia was "gathering forces for another escalation" of the nearly 11-month war between the two countries.

Ukraine's top general warned in December that one of the possible directions of a new assault could be Belarus, where Ukraine's military estimates the presence of 15,000 Russian troops, while military analysts put the figure at 10,000 - 12,000.