Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that his country 'will fight only when we have to defend our home, our land.'
While Belarus will not be mobilizing its troops with Russia, the country will respond to any potential threats against it, Lukashenko said. He added that Belarus has been regularly conducting military exercises to ensure that people are prepared to defend the country with the necessary military skills."We will fight only when we have to defend our home, our land," Lukashenko said.
said in an intelligence update that they likely would not precede Lukashenko sending troops into Ukraine. "Although Russia's use of Belarusian territory was instrumental in Russia's failed advance on Kyiv early in the invasion, Belarusian forces have limited offensive capabilities and there is a remote chance that they have deployed forces into Ukraine," the ministry said in its update."It is highly unlikely that these exercises are an indication of preparations for direct Belarusian involvement in the Ukraine war.
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