Posted on 10/10/2022 4:45:07 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West.
The remarks from Lukashenko, who has held power in Belarus since 1994, indicate a potential further escalation of the war in Ukraine, possibly with a combined Russian-Belarus joint force in the north of Ukraine.
"Strikes on the territory of Belarus are not just being discussed in Ukraine today, but are also being planned," Lukashenko said at a meeting on security, without providing evidence for the assertion. "Their owners are pushing them to start a war against Belarus to drag us there."
"We have been preparing for this for decades. If necessary, we will respond," Lukashenko said, adding that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation while at a meeting in St Petersburg.
Lukashenko said he had agreed with Putin to deploy a regional military group, and had started pulling forces together two days ago, apparently after an attack on Russia's road and rail bridge to Crimea early on Saturday.
Lukashenko said that a warning was delivered to Belarus through unofficial channels that Ukraine planned "Crimean Bridge 2", though he did not give details.
"My answer was simple: 'Tell the president of Ukraine and the other lunatics: if they touch one metre of our territory then the Crimean Bridge will seem to them like a walk in the park'."
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Still working for me.
I also doubt he wants to send his boys into the meatgrinder.
But if he does... Welcome to the Hotel Ukraini... you can check out anytime you like... but you can never leave...
Please tell me you’re not this dumb? Nobody else is sending things and people? You can bet your bottom dollar they are, including Canadians.
Probably your tax dollars hard at work, I should think. I expect I would be amazed at what AI and image pattern recognition can do these days. I also expect many posters are full-on bots, by the same reasoning.
there may be foreign individuals there of their own accord, volunteering ... can’t stop that
but NO other countries’ soldiers are doing any fighting & dying there
only Ukrainian soldiers
LMAO!!! That’s great!!
Technically, Belarus was involved since Day One, since it allowed Russian forces to use her territory to stage the invasion.
According to International Law, Belarus is a co-combatant and is thus likewise culpable.
Regards,
The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv
Flashback to August 2020: Belarus's leader pleads for Putin's help as post-election protests grow
Are you kidding or obtuse?
Much less media coverage, probably because the destruction was not as spectacular and it happened on Ukrainian property.
People let me tell you ‘bout my best friend
He’s a warm hearted person who’ll love me ‘til the end
People let me tell you bout my best friend
He’s a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy
People let me tell you ‘bout him he’s so much fun
Whether we’re talkin’ man to man or whether we’re talking son to son
‘Cause he’s my best friend
Yes he’s my best friend
It’s “just a Bro-mance”.. that’s their story and they’re sticking to it!
Putin hasn’t been seen with a woman in almost 10 years.
Russian women probably aren’t into diminutive, misshapen gnomes with short-man syndrome.
FTA: “Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West.”
Since Ukraine was apparently blowing the border bridges, one blows border bridges to PREVENT one’s country from being invaded, NOT to invade another country.
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