This Article is From Feb 16, 2023

Belarus Says Will Only Join Russia's Ukraine Offensive Only If...

"I'm ready to fight together with the Russians from the territory of Belarus in one case only," President Alexander Lukashenko said.

Belarus Says Will Only Join Russia's Ukraine Offensive Only If...

Lukashenko held a rare press conference with foreign journalists in Minsk.

Minsk:

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that his country would "only" join Russia's offensive in Ukraine if his country, which hosts Russian forces, was attacked first by Kyiv's army.

"I'm ready to fight together with the Russians from the territory of Belarus in one case only: if so much as one soldier from (Ukraine) comes to our territory with a gun to kill my people," Lukashenko said in a rare press conference with foreign journalists in Minsk.

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