Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko lashed out at NATO over recent threats to shoot down Russian aircraft. In remarks broadcast from Moscow, Lukashenko warned that such actions would provoke an immediate response, questioning whether NATO would risk targeting a presidential helicopter or military escort near the Polish border. He described the statements as “bold” but dangerous, accusing the alliance of fueling escalation. #Belarus #Lukashenko #NATO #Russia #Moscow #Poland | CGTNEurope

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko claimed yet another election win, unsurprisingly. Belarus' latest presidential election has been called a "sham" by the European Union. After the country's last vote in 2020 hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest and the country responded with the harshest crackdown in its post-Soviet history. Read more at the link: https://cnn.it/4juLOMr | CNN