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We are not going to use any weapons until you step on our state border,
We don't want escalation and we don't want a war against the whole of NATO. We don't want that,
Ukrainians saw that. They constantly told us they didn’t need war with Belarus. We understand this and say we will not fight with you [Ukrainians],
The entire border is 1,200 kilometers. Now the northeastern district of the front is 1,000. Are we ready for more? No. And Kursk showed this,
Let’s sit down at the negotiating table and end this scuffle.”
Referring to the two-and-a-half-year conflict which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has left hundreds of thousands dead, Lukashenko said What kind of negotiations can we talk about with people who indiscriminately attack the civilian population, civilian infrastructure, or try to create threats to nuclear power facilities? What can we even talk about with them
Putin said during an emergency government meeting in Russia on Monday Neither the Ukrainian people, nor the Russians, nor the Belarusians need it,
he continued in the interview