“The Third World warwith nuclear attackslooms on the horizon if the war spreads between Russia and Ukraine“, the Belarusian president warned this Friday, Alexander Lukashenkofor whom there is only one way to resolve the conflict – “talks without preconditions that need to start immediately.”
The Belarusian president, a staunch ally of Vladimir Putinmade his appeal in a message to the Nation and Parliament that he delivered.
“I risk it,” he said. lukashenko– to propose that military activities be suspended without the parties being able to move military equipment and regroup troops”, proposed lukashenko.
lukashenko called the decree signed by the Ukrainian president “ridiculous” Volodimir Zelenskywhich prohibits by law the holding of peace negotiations, and said he was convinced that both Russia as Ukraine they know that “they cannot seek victory at all costs”.
For the Belarusian president, an eventual Ukrainian counter-offensive in the eastern part of the country, as has been speculated, could “erase any hope of a negotiation process and lead to a irreversible escalation of the conflict“.
“There is now much talk of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In my opinion, this is extremely dangerous. It is the worst possible under the current conditions, because it can erase any hope of a negotiation process and lead to an irreversible escalation of the conflict,” he said.
In a first reaction, the Kremlin rejected the truce proposal advanced by Vladimir Putin’s ally. “We have heard the proposal, but nothing changes for Russia and the military operation continues,” said the presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
Despite his offer of peace, lukashenko He warned that all the infrastructure to house Russian tactical nuclear weapons is ready in Belarus, and the country is prepared to use such weapons to “ensure its sovereignty.”
belarus it has “enough” conventional weapons to defend against any attack. “But if we see, he stressed, that there is a threat of destruction of the country, we will use everything we have.”
lukashenko stressed that, in addition to the tactical nuclear weapons that putin He has already said that he wants to deploy in Belarus, “if necessary”, the two leaders could “make the decision to bring strategic weapons here as well”.
In office since 1994, the Belarusian president said he was against the agreements that in the 1990s led to the renunciation of nuclear weapons inherited from the Soviet Unionbut that he was forced to do so due to “harsh pressure” exerted not only by the West but also by then Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
Source: Ambito
