Alexander Lukashenko admitted at a military security meeting that Belarus is taking part in the Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine. Speaking of which writes BelTA state agency.
“As for our participation in a special military operation in Ukraine, we are participating there. We do not hide it. But we do not kill anyone. We do not send our military anywhere. We do not violate our obligations,” he said.
According to Lukashenka, participation serves to prevent “the spread of this conflict on the territory of Belarus” and “strike against Belarus under the pretext of a special military operation by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia”.
“As I said, no one will shoot the Russians in the back from the territory of Belarus. Here is our participation,” quotes the agency.
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Officially, the Belarusian army does not take part in a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, however, Lukashenka has provided the territory of Belarus for the passage and temporary deployment of Russian troops, and attacks on Ukraine are launched from its territory . Due to complicity in the war against Ukraine and massive repressions, the US, EU and UK have imposed sanctions against Belarus.
At the same time, Belarusian citizens are fighting on the side of Ukraine, the exact number of Belarusians participating in the war is unknown. Several deaths are known. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced about 1,500 Belarusians fighting in Ukraine. TO petitions on the granting of citizenship to foreigners fighting alongside Ukraine, more than two thousand Belarusian citizens are remembered, participating in the defense of the country.
