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\n\n Volodymyr Zelensky quotes Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka's apologies for missile strikes on Ukraine \n <\/div>\n \n
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January 6, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka apologized for missile strikes on Ukraine from Belarus in 2022 and blamed Vladimir Putin for the attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told<\/a> American podcaster Lex Fridman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelensky said he had a phone conversation with the Belarusian ruler a few days after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine. \u0141uka\u0161enka reportedly warned Ukraine against fighting the Russians back, noting that he was not in charge and Putin was the one launching missiles on Ukraine from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI told him ‘Don’t do that’. ‘This was done without me.’\u201d Zelensky quoted the phone conversation. \u201cI told him \u2018You are a murderer, too. . . It\u2019s war. The missiles came from your land, from Belarus. How did you allow this?’ Then he replied ‘All right, retaliate then.’ I still remember him telling me ‘Hit the refinery, you know how much I care about it. Mazyr Oil Refinery, is that it? Can’t recall. Mazyr Oil Refinery. I told him ‘What are you on about, what retaliation?\u2019 \u2018Forgive me, Volodya.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka openly supports Russian aggression against Ukraine.\u00a0Authorities in Minsk kept claiming peaceful intentions and denied the Belarusian army\u2019s involvement in combat operations but allowed Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplied arms to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 20,000-strong grouping of Russian forces crossed into Ukraine from Belarus at the outset of the war, \u0141uka\u0161enka told journalists in July 2022, while Ukraine estimated their number at some 70,000 troops and 7,000 armored vehicles. Later, the Russian army was forced to retreat from northern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pundit: \u0141uka\u0161enka's regime complicit in Russian takeover of Belarus<\/h3>\n
January 5, Pozirk. Gradual massive Russification of Belarus and its Sovietization by [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka's puppet regime, especially after 2020, are threatening Belarusian statehood, said Ukrainian political expert Vitaly Portnikov. The Belarusian state will cease to exist as a result of …<\/div>\n \n