Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has claimed that someone is ordering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to drag Belarus into war. Source: Lukashenko, quoted by Belarusian state-owned news outlet BelTA Quote: "Why is Volodymyr Zelenskyy acting like this?

Lukashenko's spokesperson denied that an apology took place but confirmed that there was a call between both leaders soon after the war began.

"No apologies have been made by the Belarus president to Zelensky, for the simple reason that we have nothing to apologize for," Lukashenko's spokesperson Natalia Eismont said.

Alexander Lukashenko on Jan. 7 claimed rising tensions around Belarus are driven by foreign adversaries and accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of being directed to provoke Belarus into war.

In the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, self-proclaimed head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko apologized for the missiles fired from his territory. He said that it was all the fault of Russian leader Vladimir Putin,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that on the second or third day of Russia's full-scale invasion, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko apologised in a phone call for missile strikes on Ukraine launched from Belarusian territory and even proposed retaliating by striking the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus.