Lukashenko comments on joining the war – 2024-04-13 01:30:22

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke to the media in the Kremlin and said that Belarus need not engage in hostilities today or ever. This is reported by the Belarusian news agency Belta.

– There is no such need today or ever. I once said that Russia needs a calm and quiet Belarus that does its job. I’m not going to tell you in detail what we’re doing and so on, the president said.

Lukashenko also commented on Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities.

– Ukrainians should understand that if they target facilities like oil refineries, the response (from Russia) will come immediately, but ten times harder. Why provoke? At the same time, they are talking about some kind of peace talks, to which Russia has not been invited.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin according to which Russia was forced to strike Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, such as power plants. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired a total of 82 missiles and drones on Thursday. Russian missiles and drones destroyed, among other things, the Tripilska power plant.

“If we joined the war”

Lukashenko said that if they joined the war, it would not change anything. According to Lukashenko, Ukraine mined the border with Belarus and stationed 120,000 soldiers there.

– Ukraine wants to send these troops to the front and replace them with French soldiers. We look forward to the French defending Ukraine. It’s a complete joke! It’s cheap talk. France will not send troops to defend Ukraine. They are trying to scare Putin and me. Belarus does not need to join the fighting.

In February, the French president Emmanuel Macron hinted at the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine.

In addition, according to Lukashenka, the talk about the intentions of Russia and Belarus to conquer Europe is complete nonsense.

– Putin said yesterday that it is a complete lie. We have never discussed this issue, he said.