Lukashenko: Belarus has no plans to fight in Ukraine

Belarus is not going to fight in Ukraine. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the government conference held on 25 March to discuss the operation of mass media, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We should not give up – the lesson of 2020 when it seemed to us that everything is good. But no. This is why it is necessary to work. [An information] war is going on and a hot war nearby. And you see how certain people work against us.”

The head of state pointed out that the self-exiled opposition and its followers are now pressuring citizens and trying to toy with their emotions by claiming that allegedly Belarus will go to war against Ukraine. They are trying to psychologically affect military personnel and particularly their families.

“I've told you one thousand and twenty times that we have no plans to fight in Ukraine. But the topic is hot. Belarusians genetically abhor wars. And now they are trying to pick at it. We have to respond to it beautifully. Not only propaganda but counterpropaganda was wisely talked about during the Soviet times. It is necessary to calmly respond to it but just not to make excuses,” he noted.

The head of state noted that the self-exiled opposition is forming volunteer units for the war in Ukraine now. “Then who is really fighting in Ukraine today?” he wondered.