Lukashenko hints that Belarusian troops will not go to Ukraine
ALENA MAZURENKO - THURSDAY, 3 MARCH 2022, 12:13 pm
The self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus is being pushed into the war with Ukraine.
Source: First Pool Telegraph Channel, controlled by Lukashenko
Quote: "They just want to force us to go to war with Ukraine, on purpose, so that we leave the rest of our borders open, and then they will deal with you quickly, we won't even have time to come back from Ukraine to protect you. This is a tactic.
Their strategy is to fight Russia as well as us at the same time. We have disclosed their plans, and we have enough supporting evidence.
We will fight and die in our country."
Background: On 24 February, Russian invaders marched into Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.
In addition, rockets were fired from the territory of Belarus at Ukraine.
Ukraine has not launched a missile retaliatory strike against Belarus.
On 1 March, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus had no plans to join Russia's war with Ukraine.
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the citizens of Belarus and its military not to take part in the conflict. He also called on the citizens of Belarus to protest against the war.
Furthermore, on 28 February, the Ukrainian leader held the first telephone conversation with Lukashenko for several years.
