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MINSK, 3 October (BelTA) – Ukraine is turning into a battleground for major global players. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko voiced the opinion in an interview with the TV channel Euronews, BelTA has learned.

Speaking about the influence of third parties on Ukraine, the President remarked that there is quite a number of interested parties. “These third parties do exist and they are very influential. I think you should look for them to the west of Ukraine’s borders. By the way, you know them and the entire international community knows about these forces,” said the head of state. “Any military actions are tightly related to politics, economy, and finance. They bring disaster to someone and benefits to someone else. But we are Europeans and the situation is absolutely unacceptable for us”.

“Unfortunately, Ukraine is turning into a battleground for major global players. It is not Ukrainians that wage the war against Ukrainian over there. It is not Russians that are warring against Russian-speaking people. Major international forces use them to wage the war. Therefore, this global conflict represents strong interest for these players if I can say so,” believes the Belarusian leader. In his opinion, if the conflict continued, it would have had grave consequences for Europe and the world as a whole.

“Ukraine has become a region where two opposing forces have clashed. The potential for the clash has been in the making for a very long time. And now things broke out in Ukraine,” said Alexander Lukashenko.

“When I say that some forces — I mention no names but they are understandable — are interested in this conflict, I have the right to say that like no one else. “When the conflict in Ukraine was just emerging, individual Western politicians asked me about my view of the situation in Ukraine and what had to be done to stop the war. I certainly didn’t want to discuss the topic because I understood that it was not going to produce results. Nevertheless, I told them I have my own vision and proposals regarding the normalization of the situation in Ukraine, full normalization, including the political situation, without leading the country into a war. We suggested the plan to the West without specifying things at that stage while acting in strong belief that the West would not agree to the plan. Moreover, I promised that if Belarusian proposals were acted upon, the situation in Ukraine would be normalized and wars would be out of the question. The West didn’t agree to the plan. It means that this way was profitable for someone,” said the President.