Taras Chernovol, former member of the Verkhovna Rada for “Glavred” wrote that the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, in his statement of support for Russia in the event of a possible conflict with Ukraine, actually declared war on Kiev.
Earlier, Lukashenko stressed in an interview with RIA Novosti that if the Ukrainian side shows military aggression against Russia, then Minsk will side with its eastern neighbor. At the same time, he said that Crimea was de facto and de jure Russian territory after the referendum in 2014.
Chornovil criticized these statements and noted that Lukashenko's words about Crimea were a direct blow to Ukraine. In his opinion, Kiev should recall diplomats from Minsk and also reduce the status of the diplomatic mission to the level of a lawyer.
“The Belarusian president did declare war when he announced that he would support Moscow in case of any compelling reason (because they do not need it) for the alleged attack on Ukraine,” Chernovol concluded.