“Preparing for war”: Putin ally threatens NATO countries. Lukashenko emphasizes peace and at the same time threatens Poland and Lithuania with contradictory statements.

“Don’t believe anyone that we want to fight!” he asks those present at the laying of the foundation stone for a hospital. Belarus is equipping its armed forces in the event that it is attacked. At the opposite end of Belarus near Gomel on the border with Russia and Ukraine, Homeland Security began a three-day maneuver.