Ukraine will soon be facing off with a military coup, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko baselessly predicted in a rage-fueled interview with reporters Thursday.
If the west continues to help Ukraine defend its territory, though—something Lukashenko erroneously described as the west helping Poland try to take Ukrainian territory—Lukashenko warned that there will be an effort to “split” Ukraine up.
“I am referring to your attempts to wrest the western parts out of Ukraine by the hands of Poland. Well, the fight is going to be epic. And then you will not be asking me whether we will attack it from the territory of Belarus or not. You accuse Russia of wanting to tear off a piece of Ukraine. But it is you who want to dismember Ukraine by the hands of Poland,” Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko’s warnings about a possible military coup and splitting Ukraine up come just a week before Russia’s war, which Belarus has helped along the way by serving as a launchpad for attacks, will reach its one-year mark. And although Lukashenko said he wants “peace,” there are no signs that his willingness to support Putin is waning. Lukashenko said Thursday he is still willing to allow Russia to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground to continue attacking Ukraine.
Belarus, which forms a “union state” with Russia and works with Moscow to intertwine the Belarusian and Russian militaries, has been conducting joint drills with Russian troops in Belarus since October. In recent weeks Belarus has also been
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