Ukraine is a testing ground today where the future of the world order is decided, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said addressing the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress on 24 April, BelTA has learned.

“Everyone understands that today Ukraine is a testing ground and the developments there will in some ways determine what the world order will look like in the future. The largest nuclear powers, albeit indirectly, are actually fighting on its territory. And not indirectly,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted. “The government has stooped to making a deal with the West, exchanging weapons for the lives of Ukrainians. It’s painful to see this, but let’s zoom it out and look at what has happened philosophically: who has become stronger in this new round of confrontation between the West and the East? Who?.. Not us? Not them, either!"