Lukashenko claims Ukrainians set their own wheat fields on fire

BelTA shared the statement.

Pro-Russian Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko said at a conference call dedicated to the harvest that Ukraine is allegedly setting iits own grain fields on fire with the help of combat helicopters "for the sake of a terrible picture."

"The critical situation on the world food market is only getting worse," the Belarusian Telegraph Agency quotes its president. "Photographs of burning wheat fields, specially set on fire by combat helicopters of our southern neighbors for the sake of a scary image, do not give anyone optimism. And this is only the tip of the iceberg."