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Lukashenko: It was not us who unleashed this war, our conscience is clear

MOSCOW, 11 March (BelTA) – There were preparations to attack the troops of Belarus and Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 11 March, BelTA has learned.

“Fortunately, more and more people come to understand it. We did not attack them. We did not! The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to shoot preventively back when we were at your place two days before. We were in a helicopter. We got regular updates. It was them who started doing it. I will show you the place from where the attack on Belarus was being prepared. Had there not been a preventive strike on the positions (four positions, I will show it now, I have brought the map) six hours before the operation, they would have attacked the troops of Belarus and Russia, who were at the military drills,” the president of Belarus said.

“Therefore, it was not us who unleashed this war. Our conscience is clear. It is good that it was started. Biological weapons, the largest nuclear power plants ... And all this was ready to be blown up. Now we see what is happening in Chernobyl,” the Belarusian leader said.

“You asked me to supply electricity, but they [in Ukraine] don’t need it. And whatever is happening there, they reject it. We brought electricity to the Chernobyl station by force, as I promised,” the president said.

“People are beginning to understand what is what, and who is right. Had we not done it a day before, believe me, in a few days we would have incurred huge losses. I would like to reiterate: they were preparing to attack not only Donbass. They were down to strike at Belarus,” the Belarusian head of state emphasized.

“So there is no need to make excuses to anyone. I see how some people in Belarus and Russia are acting: they are questioning whether it was right. They would have suffered more than in the middle of the last century, when these fascists were moving towards us,” the Belarusian leader said.

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