In Belarus, they doubted their allied relations with Russia.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, while visiting a military test site a few kilometers from Minsk, unexpectedly announced his doubts about whether Russia is really an ally for Belarus. The situation is very alarming, especially during the rapprochement between Minsk and Western countries and the expiration of the deadline for the provision of Russian military bases and facilities on the territory of Belarus.

According to Alexander Lukashenko, a lot of questions are caused by the fact that Russia not only refused to develop missile weapons together with Belarusian experts, but also refused to provide its training grounds for testing already developed missiles, in connection with which Minsk is forced to seek help from such countries as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China and even Saudi Arabia. According to the Belarusian leader, now this raises the question of whether Russia is really an ally.

“No need to kneel before the Russians. This is a signal if our closest ally not only didn’t agree to make a rocket with us, but the range doesn’t provide ... Listen, this is a question ”- said the Belarusian president.

It should be clarified that Belarus previously headed for deepening relations with Western countries and even decided to conduct joint exercises with NATO, which does not exclude the likelihood that in the near future Russia will lose not only the prospects of integration with a neighboring country, but may even gain NATO bases right at their borders.