As Moscow intensifies war in Ukraine, Putin also instructed security services to strengthen Russia’s border.Any attempts to violate it must be thwarted quickly and effectively using whatever forces and means we have at our disposal, including mobile action units and special forces.”He also asked the FSB and other agencies to take “special control” over strategic facilities including transport and energy infrastructure.He went on to say, “This means that you need to significantly improve your work in key areas, and use your operational, technical and personnel potential to the fullest.”Ensure safety of people in UkraineThe Russian president said it was the task of the special security services to ensure the safety of people residing in regions that Russia annexed from Ukraine in September.Speculations are also doing the rounds that Russia might pressure Belarus into joining the war, but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the reports, terming them “as totally stupid, groundless fabrications”.Footage broadcast by Russian state television showed Putin disembarking a plane at a freezing and snow-blanketed airport in MinskSergei Shoigu, who is considered one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, was seen walking across a hall in the Presidential Palace in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus."