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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Belarus president blames western sanctions ‘for pushing Russia into Third World War’

AP

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has warned that the West is “pushing Russia into World War Three” by imposing sanctions on the country.

Mr Lukashenko, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, formally renounced Belarus’s non-nuclear and neutral status, allowing Russia to place nuclear weapons on its territory, following a referendum on Sunday.

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