Lukashenko apologizes to Zelenskyy and asks Kiev to “calm down”

Belarusian president admits Belarus is “very vulnerable” militarily, says Ukraine has “absolutely nothing” to fear from Belarus, and acknowledged he may have “gone too far” in previous comments about Zelensky

The self-proclaimed Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenkostated that no military action should be expected from Belarus and apologized to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyfor your harsh comments.

In an interview with , published in full in the official Belarusian version, Lukashenko stated that drag Belarus into war between Russia and Ukraine it would be unacceptableand apologized to the Ukrainian president.

During the interview, the Al Arabiya journalist asked Lukashenko to comment statements by Ukrainian officials and military personnel about the threat of a Russian offensive from Belarusian territory.

Lukashenko stated that both he and Putin considered it “absolutely unacceptable to drag Belarus into war”. Involve the country in the conflict would cause more harm than goodsaid the Belarusian president.

“Belarus is very vulnerable militarily“, stated Lukashenko. “Because everything in Belarus is in full view of the Ukrainian military. We fully understand that our main critical infrastructure, production and logistics, would be the target of attacks.”

Lukashenko added that Ukraine has “absolutely nothing” to fear of Belarus, and recognized that Maybe I “went too far” in his previous comments about Zelensky, which he says he made in response to statements and threats from Ukraine.

“If Zelensky was offended, I apologize for these words,” said Lukashenko.

“Perhaps it would not be necessary to say them, considering that he is, after all, fighting a war,” said the Belarusian president. “Perhaps he didn’t need to talk about it so harshly. But on the other hand, he should understand – we often say that here they do it, here they pay“.

Lukashenko also considers that Zelensky needs to be more careful and more prudent, dand “calm down” and stop “provoking Belarusians“.

Zelensky stated in April that military activity in Belarus had increased, warning that Russia could try to drag the country into war., recalls the independent Russian portal.

Lukashenko had previously declared that he did not want war, but that he was prepared to enter it if Ukraine attacked Belarus.