Belarusian President Lukashenko warns about crossing Russian President Putin's 'red lines' in Ukraine: “If you back a person or a country into the corner, there is only one way out – forward,” Lukashenko tells NBCNews.
would be a mistake, the strongman and close Kremlin ally said in an exclusive interview Friday.
Lukashenko instead pointed to this week’s massive barrage of Russian missile strikes against civilian and critical infrastructure in Ukraine as an example of what Moscow is prepared to do if backed into a corner. Russian state television commentators have at times openly suggested Moscow use nuclear weapons to cement its grip over these newly claimed territories, often nodding to the formal tenets of the country's nuclear doctrine — that it reserves the right to use nuclear force in response to direct attacks on its territory.
“Speaking about my personal relationship with President Putin, it was not always cloudless,” Lukashenko said. “We have argued, sometimes we’ve quarreled, but always we have been the utmost close friends and reliable partners.”
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