Lukashenko berates West, NATO for igniting unwinnable war
The Belarussian president says that "groups of military forces are being built up, and neo-Nazi ideology and openly Fascist regimes are being supported around undesirable countries".
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has stated that the West's policies are pushing the world closer to a major, unwinnable war.
At a ceremony honoring the graduates of military institutions and top officers on Tuesday, Lukashenko said, as quoted by the BelTA news agency, that “unfortunately, this Western policy is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a major war where, as you know, there won’t be a winner anymore.”
The Belarussian leader went on to say that the current events in Belarus and Russia require close attention and scrutiny.
"Western countries, openly stage-managed by the United States, are dismantling the system of global security steadily, methodically, and even against their own national interests and [their] populations’ wishes," he said.
The Belarussian President added that “the freshly-minted ‘crusaders’ from the North Atlantic Alliance suddenly decided that this is the right time for yet another ‘eastward attack’ forgetting how similar ventures ended for their historical predecessors."
In the interests of US hegemony, "groups of military forces are being built up, and neo-Nazi ideology and openly Fascist regimes are being supported around undesirable countries," Lukashenko said.
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Lukashenko noted that Western countries are conducting active air and land reconnaissance missions, honing military logistics, redeploying equipment and supplies from other regions, and increasing military budgets under the pretext of strengthening Europe’s "defense".
Meanwhile, various 'defensive' drills by NATO members are forming "an armored fist," according to the Belarusian leader.
"Nowadays, neutral Sweden and Finland suddenly desired to urgently join NATO and, defying its own rules, the bloc’s leadership is ready to fast-track them into the alliance. Take note, this was even without asking the opinion of the people of these countries. At the recent NATO summit, the intention to fundamentally ramp up its presence and influence in Europe was declared," he concluded.
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