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“In a word, Ukraine has not only barricaded itself, it has also built a wall. It continuously monitors our territory, troops and objects by optical, radio electronic and radio technology,” said the Belarusian president. “Often, with their drones, they violate the state line. And at the same time they worry and worry:” Oh, don’t let Belarus go to war. And there are constant provocations along the border, “Lukashenko said.
The Ukrainian authorities have so far not commented on the statements of the Belarusian president.
In February, Lukashenko allowed his close ally, Russia, to use Belarus as a springboard for his invasion of Ukraine. However, he assures that Belarus is not a party to the conflict and that its armed forces are not participating in the war, Reuters noted.
Lukashenko said today that Belarus is only preventing the spread of hostilities to its territory and is becoming the target of “an attack under the pretext of a special military operation by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia”.
“As I have already said, no one will shoot behind the Russians from the territory of Belarus,” he added.
Belarus’s three western neighbors are part of the NATO transatlantic military alliance, which helps Ukraine defend itself from Russia by providing weapons and intelligence, but says it will not take part directly in the conflict, Reuters recalls.
