Ukraine invasion ‘gift’ to West by Vladimir Putin, Belarus president says

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be perceived as a "gift" to the West.

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be perceived as a "gift" to the West.

One of Russian president Vladimir Putin's most trusted allies, Lukashenko said, "Let's face it: we gave them [the West] a gift when we got bogged down in Ukraine."

“This is, of course, a gift to them. And here they started clinging to it to bring our space to its knees," the Belarusian president added