(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, 10 OTT - Belarusian leader Alexander
Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said
Monday that Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine were training
Belarusian "radicals" for terror attacks, after announcing plans
to deploy joint troops with Moscow. "The training in Poland,
Lithuania and Ukraine of Belarusian radical militants for them
to carry out sabotage, terrorist attacks and to organise a
military mutiny in the country is becoming a direct threat,"
Lukashenko said at a meeting with military officials. The three
countries, of which Lithuania and Poland are EU and Nato
members, share a border with Belarus. Lukashenko also accused
Washington and Brussels of sheltering "fugitives" from Belarus
in order to turn them into a "political force". They "plan to
significantly increase support for destructive elements,
aggravate the situation on the western border up to the point of
opening a second front on the border". Belarus relies
financially and politically on its key ally Russia. Lukashenko
allowed Russian troops into the country under the pretext of
military exercises in the months before Moscow launched its
military operation in Ukraine. Earlier on Monday, Lukashenko
claimed that Ukraine was plotting to attack his country and
announced the deployment of joint troops with Russia.
(ANSA-AFP).
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