“Belarusian extremists training fighters in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, acts of sabotage, terrorism and a military uprising in the country have become a direct threat,” he accused the European during a meeting with military officials. The Union and the United States want to “de-escalate the situation”.
“The United States and the European Union want to legitimize our fugitives as a political force, seriously strengthen their support for destructive elements, and plan to worsen the situation on the western border. [bielorrussa] To open a second front,” the Minsk leader said, according to a presidential note.
Lukashenko considered it “absurd” that Ukraine would open a second front on the Belarusian border, but Kiev was “planning attacks on Belarusian territory” and defined it as “madness”, accusing the West of pushing for this new phase of the war. From a military point of view “the opening of a second front.
“However, the process has begun. They are being pressured by their bosses to start a war against Belarus with the aim of simultaneously engaging us with Russia and Belarus,” he was quoted as saying by Belda news agency.
“Yesterday, through unofficial channels, they warned that an attack would be launched from Belarus and Ukrainian territory”, Lukashenko assured, assuming that Kiev wanted “a Crimean bridge number 2”, referring to the damaged Russian bridge. Saturday explosion.
He said he sent a message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, threatening not to touch “even one meter of Belarusian territory with his dirty hands.”
As a result of this development, Minsk and Moscow will move a common military group, he revealed, without specifying its location.
Belarus, Russia’s ally in its conflict with Ukraine, has already ceded its territory to Moscow’s military for its offensive in Ukraine, but Belarusian armed forces have yet to engage in combat on Ukrainian territory.
In this context, following Russian missile and drone attacks on several Ukrainian cities, Zelensky held a telephone conversation with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda.
“After today’s attacks on Kiev and other cities in Ukraine, urgent consultations have taken place between Presidents Duta and Zelensky,” the Polish president said in a message on Twitter.
In turn, the Ukrainian leader said he was “coordinating the steps to be taken” and would work both to “consolidate international support and strengthen Ukraine’s military capabilities,” while also trying to “rebuild what was destroyed” and “further isolate Russia.” “.
This morning, the Russian military bombarded several areas, including Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zhytomyr, and launched more than 80 missiles against Ukrainian territory.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24 has already displaced more than 13 million people — more than six million internally displaced people and more than 7.5 million to European countries — according to the latest UN data, which ranks it. Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion — justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and militarize Ukraine for Russia’s security — was condemned by the generality of the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia. Political and economic barriers.
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