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25.05.26 - 15:21
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In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus′ Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War (ZeroHedge)
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In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus' Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War
In their first direct contact since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron telephoned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to warn him against increasing his country's engagement in the war, according to sources who spoke to AFP.
"[Macron] highlighted the risks Belarus will face if dragged into the war in Ukraine. He also called on Lukashenko to take necessary measures to improve relations between Belarus and Europe," a source told AFP. Lukashenko let Russia use Belarus as a staging area for the 2022 invasion, and has continued to let Russia launch missile and drone strikes from Belarus over the more than three years of war.
Belarus let Russia use its territory as a staging ground for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia might be preparing to open a new front in the war, striking northern Ukraine ...
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23.05.26 - 13:39
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Lukashenko Offers To Meet With Zelensky ′Anywhere′ After Russia Sent Belarus More Tactical Nukes (ZeroHedge)
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Lukashenko Offers To Meet With Zelensky 'Anywhere' After Russia Sent Belarus More Tactical Nukes
We reported earlier this week that for the first time Russia's 'Union State' ally Belarus hosted multi-day drills involving a "rehearsal" of Russia's use of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.
The exercise ran from Tuesday to Thursday and was presided over by Presidents Lukashenko and Putin, and saw hundreds of Russian missile launchers, warships, nuclear submarines, and jets deploy and engage in military maneuvers. As part of it, Russia reportedly sent more tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
Pool image, via Moscow Times
On the occasion, and amid angry denunciations from European leaders, the 71-year-old Lukashenko - who has ruled the former Soviet nation since 1994 - asserted that "We threaten absolutely no one."
He followed with: "But we have such weapons, and we're ready in every possible way to defend our common fatherland from [the western Belarusian cit...
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