Belarus not planning to enter Russian-Ukrainian war – Łukašenka

April 12, Pozirk. Belarus does not need and will not need to enter the Russian-Ukrainian war, Alaksandar Łukašenka has told reporters in Moscow.
“Russia needs a peaceful, quiet, calm Belarus that does its job. I do not deny that we are co-aggressors. Everyone does their job,” the Belarusian leader’s press office quoted him as saying.
He seized the occasion to accuse NATO of doing its best to drag Belarus into the war.
Łukašenka argued that if he entered the war, Belarus and Russia would not be able to defend the frontline along the border with Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states.
“I tell you we will not be able to do it. Do we want problems? No, we don’t. This is the second point. The first is that such Belarus may come in handy to Ukraine, like to Russia today,” he said.
The Belarusian leader also noted that Ukraine has fortified the shared border. “You cannot approach it; it has been fully mined and secured with concrete, and there are 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers at this border.”
Łukašenka, Putin deny plans to attack EU countries
- Politics, SocietyBelarus, Ireland hold identity conference in DublinThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsThree men given up to 25 years over alleged links to ByPolThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsOpposition delegation to CoE regional body sounds alarm over transnational repressionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian arrested in Latvia for transporting migrantsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- SocietyWoman charged over attempt to smuggle 3 grams of marijuana into BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, SocietyLithuania seizes contraband Belarusian cigarettes worth €66,000The material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus’ employed workforce down nearly 11,000 from August – official dataThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- EconomyBelarus, Mongolia sign contracts worth $50 millionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- SocietyAllowance for care of seniors and people with disabilities to rise on November 1The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus’ EU neighbors thwart nearly 900 irregular crossings in October as migration intensity declinesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals against Belarus-based and exiled activists continueThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityTwo Belarusians accused of arson attack in RomaniaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyGovernment to raise subsistence budget on November 1The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsSerbia’s new government will likely follow EU on Belarus, analyst saysThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society
- EconomyTajiks to work in Hrodna region for up to $1,200 a monthThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus’ foreign trade reported up 12.8 percent in January-AugustThe material is available only to POZIRK+


