Alexander Lukashenko visited the Berezina Biosphere Reserve in Belarus on Friday. During his visit, he once again decided to attack the West. — The time will soon come when stinking Europe will pay Belarus for what we protect and what we received from God, said the Belarusian dictator. He said that Belarusian air is the “future” that “should be protected.”
— Instead of paying, they are starting to choke us with sanctions. This will pass. It's already passing. I think that the moment is not far off when they will pay us for this, said Lukashenko, quoted by the BelTa agency.
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Alexander Lukashenko: we have to survive this time
He also stated that Belarus [która od początku pomaga Rosji w inwazji na Ukrainę, m.in. udostępniając swoje terytorium rosyjskim wojskom] will not engage in war unless there is aggression from outside.
— We have to survive this time. If we survive, our children will live. If we don't survive, we will fall into this chaos. There are over fifty conflicts and wars going on in the world. We wouldn't want to take part in '51. But I can promise you that we don't want to fight, that we won't get involved in this war if they don't move us. This is the main task of the president and the authorities, said the politician.
He added that currently “some neighboring countries spend up to 5% of GDP on military needs”, which is a very high level, but “it will not be possible to take away the western part of Belarus”. – If you come to us without permission in shoes covered with nails, we will beat you thoroughly – threatened the Belarusian dictator.
Belarusian smuggling balloons. Lukashenko accuses Lithuanians
Alexander Lukashenko also referred to recent repeated incidents when Belarusian smuggling balloons violated Lithuanian airspace. According to the dictator, it was the citizens of Lithuania themselves who, due to the closure of the borders by Belarus's western neighbors, decided to make money by reselling cigarettes. This situation was allegedly caused by their own authorities by “interrupting normal trade relations and building a fence on the border.”
— Lithuanian and Polish authorities – you are to blame for what is happening. Why did you create such conditions for people? Why did you push them towards crime? – Lukashenko asked, quoted by the independent Belarusian website Zerkalo.io.
He said that Belarusian citizens “completely legally bought cigarettes in factories and handed them over to Lithuanians arriving on the territory of Belarus, thereby making a profit.” Later, Lithuanians themselves allegedly “transferred the goods to their partners using balloons” to make money on the difference in cigarette prices in Belarus and EU countries.
– We started this business. Our factory workers buy cigarettes at a favorable price and sell them to Lithuanians. They have to be thrown over the fence. We rolled them in small portions on these balls. There, the Lithuanians took away the bullets and cigarettes. They didn't sell them in Lithuania. In the Netherlands and England. They say the most expensive cigarettes are there, Lukashenko said.
