Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with Russia: “Lentoy.ru”That the joint grouping of Russian and Belarusian armed forces on Belarusian territory is a deterrent for the Ukrainian authorities.
He pointed out that the Belarusian Armed Forces is not directly involved in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
“However, the combat potentials, reinforced by the troops of the Russian-Belarusian joint group of troops on the territory of the republic, are a serious deterrent for the Ukrainian regime,” said the deputy minister.
He also noted that the leadership of Belarus is sympathetic to the goals and objectives of the special operation. According to the diplomat, Minsk fully fulfills its allied obligations to Moscow.
“At the first stage of the special operations, while it was possible not to suffer more casualties, our Belarusian friends made a lot of efforts to ensure the necessary conditions for the conduct of negotiations with representatives of the Kiev authorities on the territory of Belarus,” he said.
Former President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declarationA special Russian military operation in Ukraine was inevitable, the consequences would have been more severe if he had not initiated it.