The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not invade Ukraine, but returned from exercises through Kiev - Lukashenko
In Belarus, it is argued that journalist Simon Shuster "very much appreciates the opportunity to" talk to Lukashenko when "the relationship between the United States and Belarus is interesting. " And also he was "impressed" by Alexander Lukashenko's manner of talking: "absolutely open and frankly. " It was about relations between Belarus and Russia, the relations of Belarus with the EU and the United States and the war in Ukraine.
Oleksandr Lukashenko said this time that in February 2022, large -scale military exercises were joint with Russia. "The training was over (they took place in the south, on the landfills of Brest and Baranovitsky). They began to withdraw Russian troops. Gomel, south of Belarus. Somewhere aircraft, but mostly by rail. It is directly almost on the border with Ukraine. At some point, it was released to the south. " In 2022, noting that the Russian troops went on the road "Leningrad-Odesa".
"And the troops were the eastern district - from the east of Russia. I say:" Why Russian troops went to the east of Russia, why Putin brought them through Kiev to Russia - it is to the Zelensky question and to Putin, "Lukashenko said. He explained that there were minimal people in the planning of such serious military operations. when, by what forces. Yes, a plan can be developed in advance. And it is developed in advance. But only they know this moment.
No one but a few people could be dedicated to these plans. Therefore, I am in the plan that I was not informed there and otherwise, I was calm. Moreover, this is not a joint operation. If the General Staffs were working together to be a different case, "Lukashenko said. He stated that in February 2022, Vladimir Putin was allegedly afraid of" blowing in the back "from the event, but he, Alexander Lukashenko, assured the head of the Kremlin that you can not be afraid. I will not allow my back.
And I said it publicly, frankly, "Lukashenko said. At the same time, he reported that he" had a conversation "with Putin when, in fact, Russian troops" stood in Kiev. " When I asked him a question by phone: "Vladimir Vladimirovich, did you occupy Kiev in Kiev - the end of the war?" He says, "How did they take?!" They, he says, hid. Literally: "In kindergartens, in schools sitting.
We, in kindergartens, in schools to beat?" At that time, the President of Russia decided to remove troops from the Ukrainian capital, believing some people who promised that the conflict would stop. "The troops stopped. The war stopped," Lukashenko said, saying that in the West "carefully" create the image of a "bloodthirsty" Russian leader, although it is absolutely not so. "It is not necessary to say here that Putin is bombing peaceful.
And what, Zelensky understands where the drone will fly and the other? They are in our territory on one side, then on the other, we have already flew, about fifty we have already recorded," Lukashenko complained. And speaking about his support for all Putin's actions, Lukashenko explained why the Belarusian troops did not help Russian when Ukraine was conducting surgery in the Kursk region. "You know, this is not Ukraine's attack on Russia. You may be considering. There is a war, there was a clash.
There are fighting, and some of these fights go there, others here. He also added that if Belarus was involved in fighting, it would have had completely different political and military consequences. "Russia understands perfectly, and we understand moreover, if we get involved in this war openly, we will have more problems. Russia understands that it will be difficult for us to keep this border given that not only Ukrainians will fight us against us. It will be an excuse to introduce in Ukraine.
The fact that we will understand the war against the NATO troops. "We are preparing for the war. I frankly said: we are getting ready for war every day, every month to avoid it," Lukashenko summarized. We will remind, earlier in the journal said that an interview with Simon Shuster asked Lukashenko himself.
According to Schuster, in May he was called by the official of the Lukashenko government, who probably did not have experience in communication with the Western media, and asked how much an interview with Time would cost. And he was very surprised when he learned that he didn't need to pay for it. We will remind, in July 2022 Alexander Lukashenko told that the Russian Federation introduced 20,000 soldiers in Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.