Lukashenko: Russia has never asked Belarus to participate in some operations

14:26, 24 February

 Russia's leaders have never raised the matter of participation in some operations before the Belarus president, BelTA learned from the head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko on 24 February.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Russia's leaders have never raised the matter of participation in some operations, including this Ukrainian one, before me. We have our own tasks, which by the way correlate with the conflict and with the operation Russia is carrying out in Ukraine. We have to cover our back over there so that the Russian army would not be attacked from behind. It is in our interests. It is in interests of the Russian army.”

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