“The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said that in the first days of the war, Oleksandr Lukashenko apologized and insisted that he was not to blame for the fact that rockets were being launched on the territory of his country. The head of state said this in a podcast with Lex Friedman, published by the Office of the President. According to Zelenskyi, Lukashenko claimed that he tried to dissuade Putin from attacking Ukraine. “Believe me, Volodya, it’s not me, he told me. He said that he does not control the missiles, that it is Putin,” he recalled”, — write on: ua.news
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said that in the first days of the war, Oleksandr Lukashenko apologized and insisted that he was not to blame for the fact that rockets were being launched on the territory of his country.
The head of state said this in a podcast with Lex Friedman, published by the Office of the President.
According to Zelenskyi, Lukashenko claimed that he tried to dissuade Putin from attacking Ukraine.
“Believe me, Volodya, it’s not me, he told me. He said that he does not control the missiles, that it is Putin,” the Ukrainian president recalled the conversation.
Instead, Zelensky replied to Lukashenka that he is “the same murderer.” At the same time, the Belarusian leader was convinced that “it is impossible to fight with the Russians.”
Then, in response to Zelensky’s reproaches, Lukashenko suggested that he strike the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus: “Well, strike the refinery, you know how much it means to me.”
What else Zelensky said in the interview:
▪️The president commented on the reluctance of the USA to preemptively react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “If you talk to him and he tells you that there will be an invasion. Give me two things – strengthen us with weapons and prerequisites so that there is no war. I am talking about sanctions. That is, scare him. Don’t say that if he comes and kills, we will introduce sanctions – that’s bullshit, sorry,” Zelenskyy said.
▪️Trump may be the first leader to fly to Ukraine by plane. It would be symbolic.
▪️Ukraine will agree to a ceasefire if it is supplied with weapons to repel future attacks. “If the ceasefire works, no one is going to use these weapons. But it should remain, and not as before, with all due respect to the USA. I don’t want the situation to repeat itself, as happened with Biden,” Zelensky emphasized.
▪️If Ukraine joins NATO, the alliance “can operate on territories controlled by Kyiv. This can be negotiated.”
▪️ Active fight against corruption continues in Ukraine, because the most influential corrupt official Kolomoiskyi is in prison
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged not to take Donald Trump’s pre-election promise to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” literally.
Zelenskyi also stated that Ukraine should do everything to end the war in 2025 through diplomatic means. But he emphasized that it should not cost Ukraine 30% of the territory.
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