HOT Ukraine: President Putin’s ally warns World War III will break out if the West continues to do this

In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres published on Monday, President Lukashenko warned that international efforts to strengthen Ukraine’s security could lead to the risk of conflict. The conflict in that country expanded into another world war, according to Belta, a Belarusian state media outlet.

Lukashenko said that Belarus “calls on the nations of the world to unite and prevent the regional conflict in Europe from escalating into a full-blown world war!”.

Several world powers, including the United States, recently provided billions of dollars in aid, including weapons, to Ukraine after Russia launched a special military operation in the neighboring country.

That is said to draw a thin line between supporting Ukraine and avoiding direct confrontation with Russia so as not to escalate the conflict, especially over nuclear weapons.

When most European countries criticized Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, Belarus became the Kremlin’s closest ally.

President Lukashenko did not criticize Russia, only saying that the conflict had dragged on for too long – something he could not have foreseen.

According to the English translation of Lukashenko’s letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Belarusian leader listed ways in which he thinks the international community can help avoid an escalation of the conflict including “containing supply supply weapons, avoid information warfare and any provocations, do not put hate speech in the media, avoid racism and discrimination on national, cultural, language and religion, abandoned legalization and deployed mercenaries to Ukraine.

“We have to come together against trade-restrictive measures,” Lukashenko noted, adding that Western countries failed to respect legitimate interests and ignored the concerns of their partners. other, including Russia. That “first led to a trade, economic and information war, and then to a bloody conflict on the territory of Ukraine”.

Lukashenko also attacked Western leaders for their handling of Russia, seemingly blaming

The letter from the President of Belarus was published after the US recently increased its aid to Ukraine.

In an aid package for Ukraine announced in April, the US sent weapons including 72 155mm artillery pieces, 144,000 shells, 72 tactical vehicles and more than 121 “Phoenix Ghost Tactical” drones ” for Ukraine. The US Senate also approved $40 billion in aid last week.