The revelations by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko regarding the warnings he had addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning a potential assassination attempt against him by the West are shocking. The Belta news agency reported that the Belarusian president, referring to the recent Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian President's residence in the Novgorod region, shared details with the media about the warnings he had given to Vladimir Putin.
The BRICS summit in South Africa
"Tonight I remembered a conversation I had with Putin," Lukashenko revealed to reporters. "I think it was before the BRICS summit in South Africa. He was getting ready to pack his bags when I asked him, 'Where are you going?' He replied, 'Don't you know? We have the BRICS summit.' I asked him if he intended to fly there." Putin had said: "Well, I was invited, I have to be there." However, Lukashenko countered: "Are you crazy? There is a war!" Lukashenko, who refers to Putin as his "big brother," revealed further details. Putin had argued that "they are not that crazy or extremist," to which Lukashenko replied: "Are you saying that everyone there is rational? You shouldn't go at all!" Ultimately, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended the summit. "Maybe not because I pressured him, but I gave him my opinion," Lukashenko added.
Secret services had issued warnings
The President of Belarus emphasized that his warning was not based on mere assumptions. "It wasn't just a casual conversation. Our intelligence services—and they have done a good job lately—informed us about certain conversations and rumors from the West, indicating that a terrorist act was being prepared against the Russian President. I often tell him, 'There is a war, you shouldn't fly there. If someone needs something, they will fly to you,'" Lukashenko added.
Meetings in Saint Petersburg and distrust toward the West
Lukashenko noted that subsequently, Putin invited his closest friends to Saint Petersburg. "His closest friends flew there, and others will follow, including Xi Jinping, people from Iran, and other countries. However, we must be careful. Some people should not be trusted. I told him, 'you know better, you worked in the intelligence services, this is your field.' So, it wasn't carelessness, but a slight relaxation in vigilance," he noted.
"Everyone in the West wants to get rid of Putin"
The President of Belarus concluded, reflecting on the current situation: "Today I thought about how right I was to warn him. It is clear that everyone in the West understands that if they kill Putin, everything will be different. This must be taken seriously. I am saying this today for the first time because we must not be negligent. They have deceived him, and he admits it himself constantly."
Chronicle of the attack
Showing the flight paths, Major General Alexander Romanenkov, head of the country's anti-missile forces, reported that 49 drones were destroyed in the Bryansk region in four waves between 20:27 local time on December 28 and 03:56 on December 29. Another drone was intercepted in the Smolensk area at 01:50. Additionally, Romanenkov stated that 41 more drones were destroyed in the Novgorod region in three phases between 03:18 and 08:30 on December 29. "An air attack event was revealed using airplane-type unmanned aerial vehicles operating at extremely low altitudes from the Sumy and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine," Romanenkov stated. It is noted that during the period from December 28 to 29, Russian air defense systems repelled an attack of 91 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Putin's state residence in Novgorod.
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