“Don't lean out into the streets now! Understand that you and our children are being used as cannon fodder! .. The aggression has already begun against the country, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenka as saying.

He also called for "stop, take your head in your hands and calm down."

“Tell me: how should a military man act? What should I do in this situation? Do you want me to sit and wait while Minsk is turned upside down? This way we will not stabilize the situation later. Therefore, you need to stop, take your head in your hands and calm down. And let us put things in order, deal with those who came here, ”he said.

Earlier, Lukashenka denied reports of his departure from Belarus.

Mass protest actions began throughout Belarus on August 9 after the presidential elections in the country. The protests later turned into industrial strikes.