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“I said some time ago and would like to underline one more time that no escalation of the military conflict and the war, continuation of the war will happen in Ukraine,” noted the head of state. “It will not happen because there can be no winners in this war. No side can and will be able to win in this war”. The Belarus President said he believes that the continuation of the military conflict is disadvantageous for both sides because it can increase respect neither for the Ukrainian authorities nor for the other side. “This is why the war is a dead end. Since it has no future, it cannot continue. It is very important that the conflicting parties have understood it,” said Alexander Lukashenko.

“There is one minor consideration: the war in Ukraine and its continuation are impossible unless very strong external powers, which are interested in its continuation, put more pressure, unless powerful incentives from the outside are applied,” believes the President.

“Maidan, an insurrection is not a new thing for the ex-USSR and for Ukraine in particular. It has happened in Kyrgyzstan and other republics. It has happened more than once in Ukraine but nevertheless, such events didn’t lead to a war, to a military conflict. It led to the military conflict in Ukraine only because these processes were initiated from the outside. These processes developed thanks to external support and incentives,” noted the Belarusian head of state.

“I am confident that regardless of the development of the situation in Maidan and in Kiev, the state of affairs would not have drastically changed.”

Alexander Lukashenko remarked that Yanukovych is primarily the one to blame for what had happened in Ukraine because it is the country’s president that is responsible for peace, stability, and security in the state, for the integrity of the state. “I believe and I’ve said it already that Yanukovych failed to take all the constitutional measures to preserve the security of the Ukrainian nation and the integrity of the Ukrainian state. He did nothing. Things turned from bad to worse later on. External forces came to play among other factors,” said the Belarusian leader.

According to the President, if Europeans manage to choke the flame of the war in Ukraine, then the emergence of a similar conflict in Ukraine in the short term and even medium term is impossible. “Everyone will make relevant conclusions from this conflict,” believes the head of state.