On Sunday, the president's office Ukrainy published an interview with Zelensky conducted by American computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman. The topic was discussed during the recording conversations Volodymyr Zelensky i Alexander Lukashenkowhich occurred in the first days of the full-scale invasion Russia to Ukraine.
The Belarusian dictator said he “tried to dissuade Putin from attacking.” – Believe me, it's not me, he told me. He said he didn't control the missiles, that it was Putin – reported the president of Ukraine, revealing new details.
As the president of Ukraine described, Lukashenko had apologize and emphasize that it is not his faultthat Moscow launched an attack.
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Zelensky allegedly said that Lukashenko “is as much a murderer as Putin.” In response, the Belarusian dictator allegedly argued that “You can't fight the Russians”.
After the full-scale invasion begins Belarus it did not send soldiers to Ukraine, but it made its territory available to Russian troops, received wounded Russians for treatment, and also conducted military exercises with Moscow. Lukashenko himself actively supports Putin's policy.
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Many topics were discussed in the interview published on Sunday. Zelensky and the hosts talked about the end of the war and the elections in Ukraine during martial law. According to the Unian agency, the president of Ukraine did not agree to the conversation being conducted in Russian.
The Ukrainian leader emphasized that he didn't want to give Putin an opportunity this way, by he could say that Ukrainians and Russians are “one nation”.
The President of Ukraine added that he did not respect either Vladimir Putinnor his nation. He also recalled that at the beginning of the war he addressed Russians in their native language.
Zelensky also noted that Ukraine can only start negotiations with Russia after meeting US President-elect Donald Trump and receiving strong security guarantees.
Sources: Hromadske, Unian