Zakharova: Zelensky is capable of the most reckless, cynical steps

The event took place "on the sidelines" of the IV Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg. Traditionally, The Moscow Post also had the opportunity to ask its questions.

Our correspondent asked to comment on the statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who said that Americans and Ukrainians could plan an escalation against Belarus. At the same time, he emphasized that an attack on Belarus would mean the beginning of the third world war. Did the Belarusian side receive relevant signals from the Russian Foreign Ministry?

Maria Zakharova noted that the signals came publicly from Minsk. the warning statement of the President of Belarus, both justified and timely, we take with due attention the incoming information about the activation of Ukrainian forces in the border zone of the union of Belarus.

"We see these facts ourselves, we know about the constant provocations of the Ukrainian side, including using drones to deploy a large group of Armed Forces of Ukraine, throwing terrorists and supplies and financing into the republic," she said.

The hostile steps of Kyiv, literally, force Belarus to use its Armed Forces to carry out tasks to ensure the security of the republic's territory, its citizens, she stressed.

In addition, Maria Vladimirovna continued, you just need to take into account that against the background of obvious failures in the SVO zone, Vladimir Zelensky is capable of the most reckless cynical steps.

He has demonstrated this more than once, and also spoke directly in order to solve the problem where it was not solved on the one hand - he creates a problem on the other hand.

"So why not collect and play the" Belarusian card "this time," Zakharova asked.

Obviously, Kyiv will coordinate all its actions with Washington, Maria Zakharova emphasized.

In the States, everything is considered from the point of view of electoral processes and electoral alignments, therefore, in line with this logic, we do not exclude the possibility of these destructive forces.

To set the situation in this region in motion and bring all this to an escalation to an escalation of the situation, and against this background, the growing provocative activity of NATO on the borders of the union state is of particular concern.

She noted that from 28 to 30 August, Arsus Vilkas exercises were held in Lithuania, from September 3 to October 8, complex maneuvers Namejs 2024 are held, as well as military construction and intensive training of military personnel is carried out by Warsaw

In addition, the official representative of the Foreign Ministry stressed that the military doctrine of the Union State, updated in 2021, provides for the joint defense of the common frontiers of our integration association. This has been repeatedly stated by the President of the Russian Federation.

The document spells out the firm determination of the participating states to ensure the military security of the union state with all the forces and means at their disposal, as is known on the fraternal Belarusian land.

To date, the fraternal Belarusian land is currently deployed a joint regional grouping of troops and Russian modern defense complexes, as well as tactical nuclear weapons.

The practical implementation of any aggressive scenarios against Minsk is fraught with harmful consequences not only for neo-Nazi Ukraine, but also for its sponsors.