Kyiv withdraws Belarusian ambassador for consultations
After Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko received Russian-appointed “acting head of the DPR” Denis Pushilin in Minsk, Ukraine on Tuesday, April 18, announced that it was recalling its ambassador to Belarus, Igor Kizim, to Kiev for consultations.
In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine the meeting between Lukashenka and Pushilin is called “an attempt to legitimize … a representative of the Russian occupation administration in Donetsk”. “We consider the meeting with a representative of the Russian occupation administration, which is hiding from the Ukrainian investigation for committing serious crimes and is under Ukrainian and international sanctions, another flagrant hostile act on the part of the Republic of Belarus with the aim of supporting the aggressor. state of the Russian Federation,” the Ukrainian ministry stressed.
At the same time, Kiev asked Minsk “to refrain from such destructive measures and stop supporting Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine.”
Reception of Denis Pushilin by Alexander Lukashenko
“Acting head of the DPR” Denis Pushilin met with the ruler of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on 18 April. According to Lukashenka’s press service, during this meeting he asked Pushilin how Belarus could help Donetsk.
“In the end, people are there (on the territory of the Russian-occupied part of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. – Ed.) go live. It’s 100%. And people need to be fed. Therefore, we are ready to provide adequate assistance and support so that people who are not strangers to us finally stop suffering,” the press service said. words of the ruler of Belarus.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has repeatedly noted in daily reports that certain units of the RF Armed Forces are deployed in the Republic of Belarus. At the same time, military experts discussed the possibility of Russian forces attacking Ukraine from Belarus.
Source: DW
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