MINSK, 16 January (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was asked about his attitude to Ukraine’s decision to remove the words “Minsk” and “Moscow” and five-pointed stars from the Motherland Monument in Kiev as he talked to the employees of MotoVeloZavod and the Minsk City Technopark in Minsk on 16 January.
The head of state was asked how he felt about such thoughtless policy by Vladimir Zelensky, whose grandfather was a front-line soldier.
The head of state was asked how he felt about such thoughtless policy by Vladimir Zelensky, whose grandfather was a front-line soldier.
“I'm calm about this. Maybe we don't know everything, although I've known Volodya Zelensky for a long time, even before the war. I had conversations with him. I thought he was a normal, rational man. But you see what policies he pursues,” the head of state said. “Well, he was goaded into it. The government is to blame for everything that happened in Ukraine. It all started with them. They were goaded into it. Why didn't they think that it was bad for their people? There were other interests.”
“But that's their business. If it suits them, let them remove the names. But they will not be able to erase the heroic deeds of our people. They have not only erased the names of our hero-cities, but have already destroyed many monuments. The new generation will come and will have to figure out how to live. Maybe they will restore the things that were destroyed. We avoided it. We did not do it and we were right. Although there were such tendencies in the 1990s. Elder people remember it. So let’s live calmly. You should see it and draw conclusions,” Aleksandr Lukashenko added.
“But that's their business. If it suits them, let them remove the names. But they will not be able to erase the heroic deeds of our people. They have not only erased the names of our hero-cities, but have already destroyed many monuments. The new generation will come and will have to figure out how to live. Maybe they will restore the things that were destroyed. We avoided it. We did not do it and we were right. Although there were such tendencies in the 1990s. Elder people remember it. So let’s live calmly. You should see it and draw conclusions,” Aleksandr Lukashenko added.
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