KIEV, 14 Sep. Belarus has changed its attitude towards Ukraine and began to consider it as a potential enemy, believes the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the pro-presidential Servant of the People party Fyodor Venislavsky. “How will our foreign policy department react to the right of a sovereign state to buy various types of weapons? Of course, from a political point of view this is a clear signal for Ukraine that Belarus already considers Ukraine as a potential adversary, which was not the case before. But I would not say that this is a fact that requires an immediate response, «Venislavsky said, commenting on plans to purchase by Belarus Russian weapons worth a billion dollars.
Lukashenko spoke about relations between Belarus and Ukraine. In his opinion, the economic potential of Belarus is «not so powerful» as to allocate one billion dollars in one fell swoop for the purchase of military equipment. Alexandra — ed.) Lukashenka as a fact of purchase at the present time, I would not, especially considering the joint Russian-Belarusian exercises. Lukashenka this new idea of building a new line on the border with Ukraine, «the deputy said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.
The peoples of Ukraine and Belarus have a common history, Zelensky said, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said earlier that arms deliveries to the republic in the amount of over a billion dollars had been agreed with Russia until 2025. Relations between Kiev and Minsk deteriorated when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine after Lukashenko's inauguration announced that it did not consider him a legitimate president. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine initiated the introduction of sanctions against Lukashenko's entourage, in particular the heads of the Central Election Commission and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, as well as the son of President of Belarus Viktor Lukashenko, who is his adviser on national security issues. The President of Belarus accused the Ukrainian authorities of interfering in internal affairs, Kiev denies these statements.
