President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced the participation of the republic in a “special military operation” in Ukraine, but noted that the Belarusian military are not sent to the conflict zone.
as for our participation in a special military operation in Ukraine, we participate there. We do not hide it. But we don’t kill anyone. We do not send our military. We do not violate our obligations, ”BelTA quotes his words.
According to him, the participation of Belarus is to, firstly, to prevent the spread of the conflict to the territory of the republic: “Secondly, to prevent the strike on Belarus under the cover of a special military operation by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia As I said, no one will shoot in the back of the Russians from the territory of Belarus. Here is our participation. “