UKRAINE FIRED MISSILES AT BELARUS MILITARY POSTS, PRESIDENT LUKASHENKO SAYS

Sun 03 July 2022:

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, claims his military has shot down missiles fired at his country from Ukraine and vowed to retaliate “instantly” to any hostile assaults.

“We are being provoked,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying by state news agency Belta on Saturday.

“I must tell you that around three days ago, maybe more, they tried to strike military targets in Belarus from Ukraine.

“Thank God, our Pantsir anti-air systems intercepted all the missiles fired by the Ukrainian forces.”

One week ago, Ukraine claimed that Belarus, a longtime Russian ally, launched missiles into a border territory. Lukashenko, however, offered no proof for his assertion.

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However, the president of Belarus rejected any role in the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine and reiterated that no soldiers from his nation were participating in what Moscow refers to as its “special military operation.”

“As I said more than a year ago, we do not intend to fight in Ukraine,” he said.

“We will only fight in one case. If you… enter our land, if you kill our people, then we will respond,” he added, threatening retaliation against “the decision-making centres” of Western capitals in the event of an attack on Belarus.

“Don’t touch us and we won’t touch you,” he warned.

Belarus has supported Russia’s military operation in Ukraine since it began on February 24 by acting as a rear base for Moscow’s forces.

Russian troops crossed the Belarusian border into Ukraine as they tried and failed to take the capital Kyiv.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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