Ukrainian military in the Luhansk regionMINSK, Feb. 9 The conflict in Ukraine only looks local on the map , in fact, it is a pretext for a global political confrontation, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Aleinik in an address to the participants of the conference «Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO» in Moscow. Aleinik's appeal was announced by the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of Belarus to the CSTO Vyacheslav Remenchik. «The conflict in Ukraine only looks local on the map. Today it is a field, or rather a pretext, for a global political confrontation,» the Belarus Today agency quoted Aleinik as saying. .jpg» />Lukashenka answered a question about a big war in Europe. He specified that a number of NATO member countries are actively arming Belarus' southern neighbor, allegedly in preparation for «repelling aggression.» “At the same time, on our western borders, the forces and means of the alliance are being built up, the military infrastructure is being modernized, the intensity and scale of operational and combat training activities of NATO member countries on the European continent are growing. three times,” Aleinik noted. In his opinion, the situation in the world and the regions of responsibility of the CSTO requires maximum concentration. «We are witnessing the progressive destruction of the systemic foundations of international and regional security. Trust is being replaced by confrontation, dialogue is being replaced by accusatory rhetoric. International instruments in the field of arms control and confidence- and security-building measures continue to degrade,» Aleinik added. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev is not fulfills the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. What begins in Donbass
