Lukashenko Alarmed by Putin’s Aggression against Ukraine
Lesson Brief
Новое Время - Украина
With the conflict in Ukraine worsening and relations between Russia and the West continuing to deteriorate, Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko finds himself in a tough position. Lukashenko has always played the middle ground between the West and Russia, choosing one over the other when it was convenient. Now that Russia has annexed Crimea and is fueling a war in Eastern Ukraine, Lukashenko appears to be alarmed by Putin and has issued several statements reaffirming Belarus' sovereignty.
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- to relate towards, to treat (someone)
- относиться к
- difference, distinction
- различие
- invasion
- вторжение
- amendment, correction
- поправка
- deeply
- глубоко
- concerned
- обеспокоен
- state of war, belligerency
- состояние войны
- to provide for, to envisage
- предусматривать, предусмотреть
- unit, subdivision
- подразделение
- to remind, to recall
- напоминать, напомнить