Saber-rattling in Minsk: In a speech on the forthcoming Independence Day of the ex-Soviet Republic of Belarus, ruler Lukashenko threatens the West.
More than four months after the start of the war in Ukraine, the pro-Russian ruler of the ex-Soviet republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, threatened the West. If there is an attack on Belarus, his country will react immediately, Lukashenko said on Saturday, according to the state news agency Belta, in a speech on the country’s upcoming Independence Day.
“Less than a month ago, I gave orders to the armed forces units to target what you can now call decision centers in their capitals,” said the 67-year-old. He didn’t explain exactly what he meant by that.
He added: “Don’t touch us – and we won’t touch you.” Regardless of the fact that Russia itself attacked Ukraine, Moscow and its ally Minsk repeatedly present themselves as victims of supposedly hostile policies by the West, and by NATO in particular.
Since the end of February there have been fears that Belarus could officially join the war on Russia’s side. Lukashenko has already admitted that in the first weeks of the war, Russian rockets were fired at Ukraine from Belarusian territory.
At its two-day summit in Madrid, NATO decided to significantly strengthen the eastern flank and to start the process of admitting Finland and Sweden. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin then announced that he wanted to react to the possible deployment of NATO soldiers to Finland with troop deployments himself.
Source: Stern
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