Putin controls security forces and army: Belarus lost sovereignty - Zelensky

According to the Ukrainian leader, the evidence of Moscow's control over Minsk is the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Belarus on Ukraine in February 2022. The Republic of Belarus has lost sovereignty and is under the control of the Russian Federation. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with the Italian RAI1 TV channel on March 8.

Zelensky expressed confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in the occupation of individual settlements. According to the Head of State, the Russian leader wants to control the entire territory of Ukraine. "And he does such things either by force of weapons or politically. What he did in Belarus is without victims and without blood, is still," the President said. According to Zelensky, Putin now fully controls the power bloc and troops of Belarus.

He stressed that the proof of this is the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Belarus to Ukraine on February 24, 2022. "That is, the diplomatic occupation of an independent country and the loss of sovereignty of Belarus," the Ukrainian leader summed up. We will remind, on March 8 the media reported that the Armed Forces of Belarus plan to obtain a batch of Su-30cm fighter jets and Mi-35M helicopters in 2024.