President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
The Ukrainian president gave Belarus a week to remove relay stations that help Russia. If Lukashenko doesn’t act, “we will do it”, says Zelenskyy.
The President of Ukraine gave Belarus one week to withdraw relay equipment installed in its territory which, according to it, is help Russia attacking Ukrainewarning that Kiev will intervene on its own to halt the transmissions if Minsk does not do so.
In one on social media, on Friday night, Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed directly to his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, so that “remove this equipment”.
“I think a week is enough for him to do this“, stated the head of Ukrainian Etsdo. “If you don’t, we will“,
The Ukrainian president added that “Russia will continue to push him further and further into this war”, but that the Belarusian President now “understands that Ukraine will respond“.
Kiev’s pressure on Minsk is not limited to relay equipment which, according to Zelenskyy, “correct the shooting against our people“.
The Ukrainian leader also criticized Lukashenko over the country’s oil refining sector, arguing that “today, Belarus is one of the main suppliers of the Russian army.”
It is not the first time that Kiev denounces the use of Belarusian territory by Russia to launch attacks against Ukraine or countries that support it, notes the .
In mid-May, Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was “considering plans to operations in the south and north of Belarusian territorywhether against Ukraine, either against one of the NATO countries“.
O support from Belarus to the large-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by the Russian President, Vladimir Putinhas been since the early stages of the war, when Moscow forces used Belarusian territory to launch missile and drone attacks against Ukraine.
But Belarus refrained from deploying his own troopsa decision that would have made her direct participant in the conflict.
Russia’s latest alleged plans to attack Ukraine from Belarusian territory have prompted Kiev to reinforce defenses along its northern border, including concrete barriers to block armored vehicles and anti-tank ditches, according to .
Lukashenko stated, in a recent interview with Al Arabiya, that Belarus is not a threat to Ukraine, and in previous statements. “When I started to be threatened, I had to respond“, disse Lukashenko.
