If Putin decides to attack Ukraine from Belarus, Lukashenko will learn about it from newspapers - Ohryzko

Volodymyr Ohryzko shared his opinions with Espreso TV.

"We should not believe a single word that official Minsk says. Because it is not doing anything out of its accord. Lukashenko has not been making serious political decisions for a long time. If Putin decides to attack Ukraine from the territory of Belarus, Lukashenko will learn about it from reports, newspapers or magazines, or from the media in general. That is, no one will ask him, so his statements mean nothing," Ohryzko stressed.

According to the diplomat, Lukashenko will continue to delay the invasion of the Belarusian army in Ukraine.

"For us, this is just another reason to check whether everything is ready to repel Russian aggression from the territory of Belarus. And for Lukashenko, it is a reason to think about what will happen to him if the attack happens. I think that this is what is decisive in his current situation, and he will not rush to side with the aggressor in a direct invasion and will delay it as much as possible. But, if this happens, he will say that he has nothing to do with it when it comes to his co-responsibility before a specialized international tribunal," Ohryzko stressed.

• On December 15, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi said that he did not rule out a Russian offensive on Kyiv from Belarus. Russia may repeat the attack on Kyiv in January-February 2023. Currently, the aggressor country is preparing about 200,000 new militaries.
• On December 19, Putin visited Minsk, where he met with Lukashenko. Also, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived to meet with his Belarusian counterpart.
• The Belarusian Hajun monitoring project reported that Russia began to transfer to southern Belarus the equipment that had previously been brought to the training grounds with the mobilized Russian Armed Forces. On December 20, the transportation of tanks, trucks and personnel of the Russian armed forces from the Belarusian training grounds in the northern and central parts of the country was recorded. However, the spokesman of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stressed that there was no sharp increase in either military equipment or personnel of the Russian military near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
• Military and public figure, Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Yahun is confident that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to stop and defeat the Belarusian army if it crosses the border with Ukraine.
• Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko convened a meeting with the military and power bloc.