“We must be prepared for the worst-case scenario, and we are aware of that scenario. However, a new spiral of aggression must not be allowed to happen. As things stand, no one wants that,” the leader said, according to the BelTA news agency.

Lukashenko emphasized that his country was not plotting to attack other states and questioned disinformation campaigns by Western media claiming that Russia might attack Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, or Poland—four NATO member states—from Belarusian territory or in conjunction with Belarus.

The leader highlighted that his country conducts surprise inspections of its armed forces under conditions resembling actual warfare, “when unity is required across all military branches—not just the Army, but the whole of Belarus.”

Recently, NATO countries have stepped up military activity near the western borders of Russia and Belarus.

Moscow has warned that the Western bloc could use the Baltic states as cannon fodder in a confrontation with Russia.

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