Lukashenka calls Ukraine a "middle brother" and says he will soon receive "Oreshnik"

Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that only Belarusian peacekeepers can allegedly ensure the security of the demarcation line in the war between Ukraine and Russia, which he called "middle and older brother." The dictator also said that the Russian Oreshnik missile system would appear in Belarus "any day now" and accused Poland of preparing for intervention.

Lukashenka made these statements at a press conference on January 26, which lasted more than four hours after he voted in the illegal presidential election. Among other things, he told journalists, including those from the EU, that he did not care whether Europe would recognize the current vote.

"Whether you recognize these elections in the European Union or not is a matter of taste. As you say, I don 't care whether you recognize our elections or not. The main thing for me is that Belarusians recognize these elections and let them end as they began," the dictator said.

In addition, Lukashenka told a Polish reporter that Poland is allegedly pursuing an "aggressive and bad policy" towards Belarus and is preparing for an "intervention."

"You are preparing to organize an intervention against us. Today you are claiming western Belarus before Minsk, and you have already started talking about western Ukraine. You realize that you will not get even a meter of territory from us. This is our territory," he said, adding that Warsaw is allegedly training Belarusian oppositionists on its territory.

The dictator also said that only peacekeeping forces from Belarus can ensure the security of the demarcation line - "normal relations" after the war between the "middle and older brother".

According to him, he does not care who is sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers: "even black people, even yellow-mouthed people," but Kremlin head Vladimir Putin is unlikely to be "delighted" with this, as it will involve a "five-digit" number of foreign military.

"If it is in the name of trust and justice, then they have nothing but the Belarusian army. For the sake of the agreement, it is only the Belarusian army, there are no others. All others will be pulling either to the West or to the East. Therefore, they can only agree on Belarusian peacekeepers. However, I'm not rushing there and I'm not going to send my people today," Lukashenka said.

He also said that the Russian Oreshnik missile system would allegedly appear in Belarus "any day now." At the same time, he and Putin "have not yet set a deadline" because "it's not on fire" and the Russians need Oreshniks themselves, and in general "it's not that simple."

According to Lukashenka, he was "joking with journalists" when he spoke about ten complexes in Belarus:

"When I said ten complexes, well, I was joking. Later, we went out separately with Putin, and he said to me: "Listen, you said ten, I didn't promise you ten." I was like: "I didn't say that." He's like: "You just said ten. We can't do ten so quickly."

The Belarusian dictator added that he understands that ten complexes "are a lot of money, and the Russian industry does not only produce Oreshniki."

"She will not do it even in three years. I understand," the self-proclaimed leader of Belarus said.

According to him, the plans to deploy the Oreshnik in Belarus were allegedly a response to the possibility of deploying US intermediate-range missiles in Europe.

Lukashenko also said that he "dreams" of deploying the Russian missile closer to Smolensk:

"There, closer to Smolensk. That's my dream. And then we'll see. We need a certain distance. It's bad when your targets are too close," he said.