Ludmila Zhernovskaya15:14, 08.08.25

He calls on Ukraine to make concessions before Russia seizes more.

Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the Russian Federation will not lose the war against Ukraine, as this defeat would be “too costly for everyone.”

In an interview with a Time magazine correspondent, he said that mutual concessions and “reasonable” negotiations could lead to Russia “never fighting Ukraine again.” He also began to assure that Moscow does not plan to fight NATO unless they “do something stupid”:

“There will be no defeat for Russia. Defeat will cost us all dearly. You first of all. Including people overseas. That is why this nuclear country has the first place in nuclear stockpiles. There will be no defeat. There will be no defeat! But Ukraine may suffer a defeat. We must not allow this. Let’s agree now.”

Lukashenko also threatens that the situation on the front could change so that the demarcation line would run along the Dnieper, and Russian invading troops would occupy Kyiv.

“This is what you need to be afraid of, that you can lose all of Ukraine. And in general it can be divided: Hungary will take a piece, Poland – it is already rubbing its hands to grab Western Ukraine, and so on. And some strip will remain,” he said.

(C)UNIAN 2025