"We did not start shooting... our conscience is clear" | Lukashenko

"We have not started shooting... our honour is clear, we did not start this war," said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

We did not start shooting. On the contrary, they started it. I will show you the documents which show the attack on Belarus. Six hours before, if we hadn't launched pre-emptive strikes on our four positions, they would have launched attacks on our army. An army that was undergoing training. Our conscience is clear, biological weapons and Europe's largest nuclear power plant were ready to be detonated. We didn't start this war," Lukashenko said.