Belarusian leader claims he is being advised to "turn away from Russia" and "fight together with Ukraine"

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has said that someone was allegedly advising him to turn away from Russia and side with Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

Source: Lukashenko's website

Quote from Lukashenko at the Republican Pedagogical Council: "We are now being advised, getting [proposals] from all sides (this is all a downpour on me): ‘Back off here, liberate there’. This and more: ‘Give up on Russia, turn your back on Russia. Fight with Ukraine against Russia. Let’s bring NATO troops to the border near Smolensk [Russian town not far from the Belarusian border – ed.].’ That’s how far [this advice] goes. Today, I am receiving proposals from all sides that we cannot accept 99% of the time."

Details: As usual, Lukashenko did not specify who exactly was offering him such proposals, nor did he give any other details, but only said in his usual manner that Belarusians live "in extremely difficult times".

He advised "the educators" to do their job while he would "do [his] job together with [his] colleagues in the government, senior officials".

"We are living in extremely difficult times. I am not talking about the fact that we have a war in the south. I'm talking about what these madmen in the West are preparing against us. We have to keep this in mind. What we need in this situation is to turn this country, this huge machine (small Belarus – it's not so small when you have to run it), from the West to the East. We need to ensure that we are accepted in the East. Thank God, we are succeeding, but it is hard work," Lukashenko concluded.

Background:

• The monitoring group Belaruski Hajun claims that at least six Russian Shahed UAVs flew onto the territory of Belarus on the night of 26-27 August and that the aircraft of the Belarusian Air Force were in the air all night.

• In the summer of 2024, Russian kamikaze drones have repeatedly been spotted flying onto the territory of Belarus. This happened on 13 and 16 July, as well as on 21 August. The self-proclaimed authorities of Belarus have not commented the airspace violations.

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