Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Russia, after 100 days of war, does not seek to seize Ukraine, but simply tries to prove that it “should be reckoned with”.

“Believe me, Putin, the military of Russia, they have the desire to seize Ukraine, something else - no. They simply showed: Russia must be reckoned with. Don't insult the President of Russia. No need to strangle the Russian language, which all Ukrainians speak. Even, as some say, nationalistically oriented,” he said in Minsk.

Also, according to him, Russia and Belarus are concerned about their security..

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He unexpectedly added that he agreed with the assessment of the financier George Soros regarding the likelihood of a new world war: “If Ukraine is not stopped now, Soros is right.”. We must now stop in Ukraine”.

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Initially, Russia planned to capture the capital of Ukraine Kyiv " But in 100 days they failed to capture a single area completely.. Progress in the Donbass cost them heavy losses of personnel and weapons.