Zelensky issues bombshell threat to go to war with another country next week

Zelensky issues bombshell threat to go to war with another country next week Ukraine has threatened to take military action against Belarus as soon as next weekend - this is a breaking story Ukraine has threatened to take military action against Belarus as soon as next weekend if it does not dismantle relay equipment on his territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky has given the self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko - Vladimir Putin's staunch ally - seven days to remove the equipment used to guide Russian drone strikes against Ukrainian cities. "I think one week will be enough for him to do this," Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Honduran President Nasry Asfura in Kyiv on Friday. "Why do I say one week? Because every day now, our civilians are dying and children are being injured because of this. If he does not do this, we will do it ourselves." Such a move by Ukraine would threaten to widen the war with Russia already seeking to pull Belarus into the conflict, which Lukashenko has so far resisted. Zelensky also called on Lukashenko to halt supplies of petroleum products that are being used used by Russian forces in the war against Ukraine. "Today he is the main supplier, or one of the main suppliers, to the Russian army," he said. "It is Lukashenko, it is Belarus. Can this be stopped? I am convinced it is within his power. And that is something he directly controls." Belarus has not so far formally entered the war with its own troops, but it has been a key Putin military partner and rear base It has allowed Moscow to launch its 2022 invasion from Belarusian territory. It has also allowed Russia to fire missiles and drones from its soil and airspace, host Russian forces and nuclear weapons, and support Russian logistics, training and military infrastructure. The dispute came as Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency has said an attack on a Belarus youth sports team bus in Russia's Bryansk region this week - which killed one woman and wounded seven people - was "a special operation by Russian special services". Russia claimed it was a drone strike by Ukraine, but Zelensky insisted it was a false flag operation by Moscow. "This was not our strike," said Zelensky. "Everyone has already recognised this, international experts, and it seems to me that the Russians also recognise it, let us say, unofficially. "The Russians will carry out many different provocations in order to draw the Belarusian people into this war. This is one of those provocations." Despite Moscow’s support, Lukashenko has claimed Belarus is "very vulnerable militarily" and that both he and Putin considered drawing Belarus into the war "absolutely unacceptable". "Belarus is like on the palm of the hand for the Ukrainian military. We understand perfectly well that our main vital facilities - production and logistics - will come under attack," he said In an interview with Al Arabiya last week. Russian state news agency TASS said Zelensky had made "another series of threats against Belarus".