During her working trip to Washington, the Belarusian leader gave an interview to Voice of America, where she discussed nuclear blackmail by dictators and emphasized Lukashenka’s total dependence on the Kremlin.
Here are the most notable quotes from the conversation:
📌 “What we are witnessing right now is nuclear blackmail. All these exercises, as far as I understand—and I hope I’m not wrong—are some kind of influence operation. They aim to keep neighboring countries and our democratic partners on edge, distract attention from helping Ukraine, divide the Western world, and make people feel weary from waiting for ‘whether it will happen or not’”.
📌 “Lukashenka’s only goal now is political survival. He has no other partners besides Russia and Putin. He has become an accomplice in the war; they are now tied together and need each other. This is why Lukashenka will join even Russia’s most terrible initiatives”.
📌 “Lukashenka will allow Russia to use Belarusian territory for attacks if Russia makes this decision. This is why we say that Belarus must be dragged out of the war. Without Belarusian territory, the route from Russia to NATO countries would be much longer”.
📌 “What Belarusians see now is the decreasing number of visas, closed border crossings, and restrictions on bank accounts for those who managed to leave the country. Lukashenka’s narrative is working, ‘No one is waiting for you there, where are you going, no one needs you there’. Don’t lock us in a cage with this beast; we already have millions of hostages in Belarus”.
