May 15, Pozirk. Ukrainian intelligence has detected attempts to persuade Alaksandar Łukašenka “to join new Russian aggressive operations,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said on Telegram, following a meeting with Ukraine’s top military officials.
Zelensky warned that there are plans for operations “to the south and north of Belarus – either against Ukraine’s Chernihiv–Kyiv region or against one of the NATO countries.”
“Ukraine possesses details of the conversation between Russia and Belarus,” Zelensky said. “Ukraine will certainly defend itself and its people if Łukašenka makes a mistake and decides to support this Russian intention. I have instructed Ukraine’s defense and security forces to strengthen the relevant sector and present a plan for our response.”
In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.
