“As for our participation in the special military operation in Ukraine, we are participating there.
We don't hide it.
But we don't kill anyone.
We don't send our military anywhere.
We do not violate our obligations," BelTA quotes him as saying.
According to him, the participation of Belarus is, firstly, to prevent the conflict from spreading to the territory of the republic.
“Secondly, to prevent a strike on Belarus under the guise of a special military operation by Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
As I said, no one will shoot in the back of the Russians from the territory of Belarus.
Here is our participation,” he stressed.
Earlier, Lukashenko rejected accusations against Minsk of co-aggression against Ukraine, noting that the republic would remain an ally of Russia.
He stressed that Minsk did not start a conflict with Kyiv, it was Ukraine before Western countries, including the United States, closed the sky for flights of Belarusian aircraft and announced an economic blockade of the republic.
The President of Belarus stressed that the country is making every effort to stop the bloodshed.
Speaking earlier at the ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Makei also said that Belarus is ready to be a participant in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and contribute to their continuation.