A dire warning has come from the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, that World War III is about to begin and he has his troops ready to support Putin.
In a statement, Lukashenko said the Ukrainian crisis is on the brink of igniting global war:
“Russia is being pushed towards a third world war. We should be very reserved and steer clear of it because nuclear war is the end of everything,”
“In a situation like this, we should be aware that there are such sanctions. A great deal is being said about the banking sector. It’s worse than war.”
The Belarusian President went on to say the only beneficiary of the present conflict is the United States, adding that the U.S intended to “put Europe in its place and remove competitors.”
“Today we must stop the war. I would not even call it ‘war’ right now: It is still a conflict. Another day or two and there will be a war,” he pointed out that Russia’s goal is to “restore Ukraine.”
Belarus is where Russia first moved troops into Ukraine and Lukashenko is also likely to send in troops of his own.
An unnamed Biden administration official told the Washington Post that, “It’s very clear Minsk is now an extension of the Kremlin.”
Peace talks were set to happen this week in Belarus, in the town of Gobel on the Belarus-Russia border, and the talks were mediated by Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich – owner of Chelsea Football Club.
The request for Abramovich came from the Ukrainian side, according to the Jerusalem Post, because of his close ties with the Jewish communities in both Russia and Ukraine.
Neither leaders, Putin or Zelenskyy, were involved in the talks, and Ukraine’s initial call for a ceasefire was denied.
Lukashenko guaranteed Zelenskyy’s safety if he wanted to join the peace summit on the Ukrainian border with Belarus, saying he would take “responsibility for ensuring that all planes, helicopters and missiles stationed on the Belarusian territory will remain on the ground during the Ukrainian delegation’s travel, meeting and return.”
The offer was refused by Zelenskyy, who said he would rather stay and fight off Russian troops in the Capital City of Kiev, but heavy fighting appeared to calm down as the Russian military provided a safe passageway for Ukrainians who wanted to leave.
The cities of Chernihiv and Kharkiv, still under Ukrainian control according to European and British defense intelligence, are continuing to receive heavy fire and heavy loss, as dozens have been killed and hundreds more injured.
The Black Sea city of Berdyansk and the city of Kherson near Crimea have been seized by Russian forces and NATO head Jens Stoltenberg tweeted that NATO Allies are “providing Ukraine with air defense missiles and anti-tank weapons.”
War is never a good thing and with the possibility of nuclear weapons in the mix, this could mark the end of us all.
