Belarusian President: ”Sending troops to the North is nonsense”... ”If it's true, it's an expansion of the war”

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Russia, has denied that North Korea is sending troops to fight in the Ukraine war.
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During an interview with the BBC on the 23rd (local time), President Lukashenko, who is currently visiting Russia, was asked about reports that "North Korea has sent troops to support Russia's war in Ukraine."
"That's nonsense," he said, adding, "I know the character of President Putin (Russian President Vladimir Putin), but I would never persuade another country to send troops to Russia's special operations in Ukraine."
In response to the question, "If the reports are true," he said, "If the military of any country is on the front lines in Ukraine, it will be a step toward expanding the war."
"If Belarus intervenes in the war, this will lead to an expansion of the war," Lukashenko said. "In the end, NATO forces will be deployed to Ukraine.
"This is because they will be stationed in Belarus," he said. When asked if President Putin had ever asked Ukraine to send Belarusian troops, he replied, "Absolutely not. He also spoke about the former and current Secretary of State.
The government has never mentioned anything like that."