Belarus has to use force to provide electricity to Chernobyl NPP - Lukashenko

MINSK. March 11 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country had to use force to bring electricity to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

"Now we see what is happening in Chernobyl. You asked for electricity. You understand that they [the Ukrainian authorities] do not need it. And whatever was happening there, they are fighting back, we have brought electricity there by force, just as I promised," he said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.

"These are their goals, so people are slowly beginning to understand what is what and who has truth on their side," Lukashenko added.

"That's why it was not us who unleashed this war. Our conscience is clear. Well, it's a good thing we engaged in it. Biological weapons, the largest nuclear power plants, and they stood ready to blow it all up. Had we not done it the day before, believe me, in a few days we would have drunk the whole cup, with huge losses," he said.