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Lukashenka called Zelenskyy "a louse".
He also insulted other Belarusian neighbours, referring to Poland and Lithuania as "scumbags who are working against Belarus."
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The self-proclaimed President of Belarus used such rhetoric, accusing Kyiv of alleged self-defence by facilitating the sabotage of a Russian A-50 AEW&C aircraft that was widely used in the ongoing war to control Ukraine's airspace.
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Mocking Kyiv's earlier attempts to sign a nonaggression pact under the auspices of the UN, Lukashenka anyway stresses that Belarus won't enter the war. Noteworthy, he frequently uses the term “war” instead of Russia's term “special military operation.” It's a crime in Russia.
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While insisting that the Russian aircraft did not suffer any significant damage "except for scratches and one hole in the hull", Lukashenka reported that the A-50 was sent back to Russia and replaced with another one.
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Lukashenka allows himself to do what even Putin usually avoids - direct personal insults. In Belarus's current hopeless situation, it's the only role he can play: a tough-talking hardliner who in reality has no power outside what the Kremlin allows him.5/5
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