Alexander Lukashenko on Jan. 7 claimed rising tensions around Belarus are driven by foreign adversaries and accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of being directed to provoke Belarus into war.

Zelensky was given the command to drag Belarus into the war. This was stated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, TASS reports with reference to the BelTA news agency.

"No apologies have been made by the Belarus president to Zelensky, for the simple reason that we have nothing to apologize for," Lukashenko's spokesperson Natalia Eismont said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko apologized for missile strikes launched from Belarusian territory.

The spokesperson for the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Natalia Eismont, confirmed that in the first days of the Russian military invasion of

Lukashenko's spokesperson denied that an apology took place but confirmed that there was a call between both leaders soon after the war began.

Shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion began, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko apologized to President Zelensky over the country's involvement in the war, Zelensky revealed in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman published on Jan.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's spokesperson, Natalia Eismont, has exposed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claims as a "big lie." Eismont denied that Lukashenko apologized for Belarus's involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

The press secretary for Aleksandr Lukashenko, Natalia Eismont, denied the statement by Volodymyr Zelensky that the President of Belarus had apologized to him in the early days of the Russian invasion.