Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart and faithful ally, Alexander Lukashenko. /
The Belarusian president denies that his country is going to join Moscow in the war and accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland of preparing “terrorist” attacks in Minsk
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko agreed on Monday to deploy joint troops to the region after a security meeting.
Lukashenko has indicated that the measure has been taken “in relation to the worsening of the situation on the western border of both countries.” The president has indicated, however, that Russia “is not looking for this type of conflict right now.” “They already have too many problems. Therefore, we do not have a large number of Russian forces for the contingent »he asserted.
In any case, Lukashenko has denied that his country is going to join Moscow in participating in the war and has accused the West of encouraging this “false” theory. “The political and military leaders of NATO and several European countries are already ready to attack our country and even carry out a nuclear attack. This is not new news », he has stated. “Their goal today is not to prevent us from entering the war on Russia’s side directly, but to bring us into conflict.”
The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, for his part, has framed the military deployment within the usual defense contacts between the two allied countries.
Kremlin troops were deployed to Belarus just before the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. However, since then the Lukashenko regime has remained on the sidelines of the conflict and even in March the first contacts to seek peace were organized on Belarusian territory.
“Military uprising”
On the other hand, Lukashenko has accused Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, with whom he shares a border, of preparing “terrorist attacks” and a “military uprising” in Belarus.
“The training in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine of fighters, including Belarusian radicals, to commit sabotage, terrorist acts and a military uprising in the country has become a direct threat,” he said.
The president has also accused the United States and the European Union of harboring “fugitives” from Belarus to turn them into a “political force.” “They plan to significantly increase support for destructive elements, aggravate the situation on the western border to the point to open a second front on the border”, he stated.
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