Lukashenko: Belarus’ ‘red line’ is its state border

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko explained in which cases nuclear weapons could be used to defend Belarus and Russia as he talked to students at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in Minsk on 27 September, BelTA learned.

"As I said at the patriotic forum [held on 17 September], an attack against Belarus will trigger World War III. Recently, Vladimir Putin has confirmed it having amended the nuclear doctrine. An attack on Russia and Belarus will trigger a nuclear response. He confirmed what I said. It was the main point of my statement. As soon as they attack us (NATO is still NATO. Americans and Poles are already lined up along the border, especially the Polish border. We know that the Polish leadership is already rubbing their hands), we use nuclear weapons. Russia will defend us," the president said.

"If we use nuclear weapons, they will do the same. And against Russia too. So Russia will use the entire arsenal of weapons. This will be a world war. The West does not want this. They are not ready for it. We tell them openly: the red line is the state border. You step on it, we will respond immediately. We are preparing for this. I am talking this openly and honestly," Aleksandr Lukashenko added.

"There are certain boundaries, limits. We need to negotiate with Ukrainians, we need to stop this war," the president urged.

He is confident that good relations between people will be rebuilt in time. "But we should not go any further. We have already made a mess of things. We need to negotiate. This is my firm position,” the Belarusian leader said.