Russia would need to assemble roughly 70,000 troops to launch a major offensive against Ukraine from Belarus , a task Ukrainian forces are actively trying to prevent, National Guard Commander Maj. Gen. Oleksandr Pivnenko said. In an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, Pivnenko described the threat from Belarus as real but said Moscow currently faces challenges generating the forces required for such an operation. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “The