President Alexander Lukashenko accuses Ukraine of firing on his country

While the international community questions its degree of involvement in the war in Ukraine, Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian president, accused kyiv of having attacked him. “We are being provoked. Three days ago, maybe more, we tried from Ukraine to hit military targets in Belarus. Praise be to God, our anti-aircraft systems intercepted all missiles fired by Ukrainian forces “he said, Saturday, July 2.

The Belarusian president assured that his country had no intention of fighting alongside the Russians in Ukraine. However, its territory has served as a rear base for the Kremlin since the start of the offensive. This is in particular from his country that the forces of Moscow had rushed to try to take kyiv, in vain. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads to Belarus. Strongly dependent militarily and economically on Russia, the Minsk regime is also the target of Western sanctions.