“If Russia collapses, we will all die”

He rules out being a “hero” and regrets that the crisis “only benefits the West”

June 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has warned this Tuesday that “if Russia collapses, we will all die”, a few words with which he has alluded to the uprising staged on Saturday by the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, and has ruled out being a hero after reaching an agreement between the parties.

“The worst of all this is that if there is a crisis, the West will instantly be able to take advantage of it,” he asserted before insisting that “no one is a hero: neither (Vladimir) Putin nor Prigozhin.” “We thought that the situation would be resolved and it was not. (…) In this business there are no heroes,” he said, according to information from the BelTA news agency.

This was pronounced during a ceremony in Minsk, the capital, where he pointed out, however, that the border authorities register “provocations on a daily basis”, for which he has confirmed that the “construction of barriers and walls continues on the border”.

“Our generation is being tested for strength. We have the mission of saving the world, which was built thanks to the lives of millions of heroes, our parents and grandparents,” he asserted before adding that “the West is only trying to divert attention to their true plans and intentions”.

In this regard, he stated that “unfortunately, our attempts to resolve the situation through peaceful negotiations have not been effective and (…) it has cost hundreds of human lives.” “Today we clearly see a new expansionist wave on the part of NATO,” she pointed out.

“Life without war is the result of careful daily work. Today’s Belarusians are lucky to have been born in a country without war. But, as a military people, we know very well that this comes at a cost,” he said. , at the same time that he has labeled the history of the country as “complicated”.

For this reason, he has qualified that there is a “new global threat” from forces that “want to establish their own order.” “I will not hide. It has been painful to see the latest events in Russia. Not only for me but for many citizens. Because the homeland is only one,” she said.

“I gave our Army the order to be prepared to go into combat when necessary,” warned Lukashenko, who has asserted that he has been “preparing for war for 30 years.”