Shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion began, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko apologized to President Zelensky over the country's involvement in the war, Zelensky revealed in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman published on Jan.

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.

"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.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's spokesperson, Natalia Eismont, has exposed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claims as a "big lie." Eismont denied that Lukashenko apologized for Belarus's involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

The press secretary for Aleksandr Lukashenko, Natalia Eismont, denied the statement by Volodymyr Zelensky that the President of Belarus had apologized to him in the early days of the Russian invasion.