That the country is an aggressor The Russian Federation wants to drag Belarus into a war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky reported. He warned that, according to intelligence data, In the border areas of Belarus, the construction of roads to the territory of Ukraine and the establishment of artillery positions continue.
According to him, the Belarusian army, without the support of the troops of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, is not capable of independent active actions. At the same time, he noted that they are recording certain activity in the form of the development of logistics infrastructure near the Ukrainian border, which may indicate preparation for potential scenarios in the future.
Kovalenko also said that, according to available information, Russia can use Belarus to escalate the situation in order to divert Ukrainian forces from the main areas of hostilities in the east and south of Ukraine, in particular in the Donbass and the Zaporozhye direction.
He emphasized that Ukrainian troops on the border areas are in full readiness for any provocations and, if the situation escalates, they are capable of fighting back, and the Belarusians will receive “crushing defeats and may lose their territory.”
“As for military actions as of now, there is no threat here and now. If Lukashenko makes such a mistake, then he will not exist. There simply will not be,” Kovalenko said.
Context
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in particular from Belarus, although a few days before this, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin assured his Ukrainian colleague that There are no threats to Ukraine from Belarus. Also then With territory of Belarus occupiers launched missiles at Ukrainian targets.
According to sources of the Center for National Resistance, created by the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, the military-political leadership of Belarus is seeking to avoid participation in hostilities.
At the same time, in early April 2026, Alexander Lukashenko, who calls himself the President of Belarus, following a large-scale inspection of the combat readiness of the armed forces of Belarus, stated that the country preparing for war and “there can be no time of peace.” Later, he called on the country's citizens to mobilize, because he does not know “what the powers that be will do.”
