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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot in the presidential elections at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus on 26 January 2025. Photograph: Belarus President Press-Service/EPA

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said he had “no regrets” about allowing Russia to use his country to invade Ukraine, amid condemnation of the “sham” presidential vote that extended his 31 years of authoritarian rule.

Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Sunday that the vote was a “bitter day for all those who long for freedom and democracy”.

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