<p>Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that his country would "only" join Russia's offensive in Ukraine if his country, which hosts Russian forces, was attacked first by Kyiv's army.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/poland-border-crossing-closure-catastrophic-belarus-1190004.html" target="_blank">Poland border crossing closure 'catastrophic': Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>"I'm ready to fight together with the Russians from the territory of Belarus in one case only: if so much as one soldier from (Ukraine) comes to our territory with a gun to kill my people," Lukashenko said in a rare press conference with foreign journalists in Minsk.</p>
<p>Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that his country would "only" join Russia's offensive in Ukraine if his country, which hosts Russian forces, was attacked first by Kyiv's army.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/poland-border-crossing-closure-catastrophic-belarus-1190004.html" target="_blank">Poland border crossing closure 'catastrophic': Belarus</a></strong></p>.<p>"I'm ready to fight together with the Russians from the territory of Belarus in one case only: if so much as one soldier from (Ukraine) comes to our territory with a gun to kill my people," Lukashenko said in a rare press conference with foreign journalists in Minsk.</p>