In Kyiv, they told under what circumstances they will break off relations with Minsk

The biggest Ukrainian flag in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 3Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Wednesday that Kyiv would break off relations with Minsk if the armed forces of Belarus enter Ukraine.» I have already spoken publicly, and my position has not changed: if the Belarusian armed forces enter the territory of Ukraine, I will immediately send a proposal to break off diplomatic relations with them,» Kuleba was quoted as saying by Ukrinform. >Ukraine broke off diplomatic relations with the DPRKAccording to the minister, Ukraine soberly analyzes the ongoing events and at the same time has no illusions about Belarus. «Russian bombers fly in the airspace of Belarus — sometimes they just train, sometimes they shoot — this is our daily reality,» he said. Relations between Minsk and Kyiv worsened in 2020, then Vladimir Zelensky did not come to the forum of regions of the two countries, which was planned in Belarus . Ukraine is one of the countries that Minsk, along with Western countries, accused of interfering in its internal affairs, and also of coordinating protests that began after the presidential elections from its territory. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said earlier that Minsk did not want to fight in Ukraine, not a single Belarusian soldier is there, but they are trying to drag the Belarusian side into the conflict. 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 the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.