He stated that the expansion of NATO to the east led to the fact that the Slavs were on opposite sides of the barricades.

However, Lukashenka stressed, “the Slavic soul will endure everything, once again suffer, and the ideas of goodness, peace and justice will triumph again.”

His words are reported by TASS.

Lukashenka assured that the Ukrainian language will always be heard at the international festival of arts "Slavianski Bazaar" in Vitebsk.

In addition, the Belarusian leader expressed confidence that Ukraine, being a fraternal people, "will return to its family."

Earlier, the Belarusian leader said that the countries of Western Europe are eagerly looking at the border areas of Belarus and Ukraine and are raising a monster in Kyiv.