“This is due to the desire to demonstrate the presence of some (external) threat at any cost.
If there is no such threat, it must be found, "TASS quoted him as saying.
He noted that the situation when "half of the army is sent to guard the border has nothing to do with reality."
Linkevicius added that "now we should wait until it becomes clear what was meant."
“We are forced to withdraw the troops from the streets, as I said, put half of the army under arms and close the state border from the west, primarily with Lithuania and Poland.
We are forced to strengthen the state border, to our greatest regret, with our fraternal Ukraine, ”Lukashenka said, speaking at the women's forum“ For Belarus ”.
Lukashenko also called on the peoples of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine to stop their "crazy politicians" and prevent a war from starting.