“We are carefully recording everything, keeping everything
under control and, if necessary, we will respond. Ukraine is ready to defend
its people and its sovereignty, and everyone who is being pulled into any
aggressive activity against Ukraine must understand that,” Zelenskyy said on
May 2.
Zelenskyy did not specify what activity had been detected on
the Belarusian side.
On April 23, Zelenskyy said he hoped Russia would fail to
drag Belarus into its “sick, fantasy-driven ideas” about Ukraine.
“As for the threat of an offensive from Belarus, look, the
Russians have many different sick, fantasy-driven ideas. So we very much do not
want Belarus to be drawn into these fantasies and for them to become a terrible
reality,” Zelenskyy said.
On April 17, Zelenskyy said, citing intelligence, that
Belarus was building roads in border areas toward Ukrainian territory and
preparing artillery positions.
“I instructed the relevant channels to warn Belarus’ de
facto leadership that Ukraine is ready to defend its land and independence,” he
said.
On April 20, State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii
Demchenko said Ukrainian border guards had not detected any movement of
equipment or troop buildup near the border inside Belarus.