Zelenskyy stated that “Russia will continue to push him deeper into this war,” but that the Belarusian president now “acknowledges that Ukraine will retaliate.”
Kyiv’s pressure on Minsk extends beyond the relay equipment that, according to Zelenskyy, “calibrates attacks on our people.”
Ukraine’s leader also criticized Lukashenko over his country’s oil-refining industry, claiming that “currently, Belarus is a major supplier for the Russian military.”
This is not the first occasion Kyiv has condemned Russia’s use of Belarusian land to carry out attacks against Ukraine or its allies.
In mid-May, Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was “formulating plans for operations to the south and north of Belarusian territory” either targeting Ukraine “or a NATO nation.”
The backing of Belarus for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comprehensive invasion of Ukraine has been documented since the onset of the conflict, when Moscow’s troops used Belarusian territory to initiate missile and drone strikes against Ukraine.
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