Alexander Lukashenko. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 5.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Russia cannot lose in the conflict in Ukraine, but only Minsk supports Moscow. In an interview with the Associated Press, Lukashenko said that Russia definition cannot lose» in the conflict in Ukraine, adding that the Russian Federation is supported only by Belarus, while «as many as 50 states have joined the combined forces» on the Ukrainian side. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. What Washington and Brussels are up to in Europe
