Lukashenko called rumors about plans of Russia and Belarus to attack the West nonsense. “We are not going to attack them.
We are building a defense system here. They are waiting for it. They provoke us so that we at least somehow respond to them,” Lukashenko said. He also spoke about the concentration of NATO troops near the country’s borders and said that if Minsk calms down somewhere, “they will attack.” The Belarusian leader cited the situation with the transfer of sabotage groups across the border with Ukraine.