“Belarus is expected to join Russia in the fight against Ukraine”

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former defence minister in Ukraine, has today declared that Belarus is ready to declare war on Ukraine.

The Republic of Belarus will most likely join the Russian war against Ukraine. Russian side. There is information for air troops from the Republic of Belarus loaded on planes to enter Ukraine”, The Guardian quoted.

According to the former Ukrainian minister, this would be a tremendous development since Belarus was Ukraine's great friend country.

This is a terrible development because it involves a country that was recently a great friend of Ukraine, which people always considered Ukraine to be a brotherly nation. Ukraine and Belarus have never been at war with each other in their hundreds of years of history. We believe that the only reason for that decision was the Russian president's personal request, which fully depends on Putin in its” policy, has declared the former defence minister.

It was reported that Russian authorities sent a delegation to Belarus, which they think is open for talks with Ukraine.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rejected the offer, saying talks in Minsk could be possible if Russia had not attacked Ukraine from Belarus territory.

However, the Ukrainian president leaves open the possibility of conducting negotiations with Russia in other countries.

He said: “If there were no aggressive actions from Belarus, we could talk in Minsk. Of course we want peace, we want to meet, we want the war to end. Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku we have offered to the Russians. We are open for talks from any other city, from which no missiles are launched against us. Only then can negotiations be fair and can end war”, the Ukrainian president said.

Meanwhile, Belarus's Leader has asked Kiev to accept Russia's bid for talks, reports News.sky.

Alexander Lukashenko called on Kiev on Sunday to sit down and hold talks with Russia.

Meanwhile, Russia has given Ukrainian officials a deadline until 1500 on Sunday to decide whether to meet for talks in Belarus.