Belarus denies that President Lukashenko apologized to Ukraine's Zelensky, despite Zelensky's claims in a 2022 phone call. The interview with Lex Fridman brought attention to Belarus's role, including hosting Russian military operations.

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.

The press secretary of the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Natalia Eismont, claims that he did not apologize to Volodymyr Zelenskyy

"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.

Zelensky was given the command to drag Belarus into the war. This was stated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, TASS reports with reference to the BelTA news agency.

The spokesperson for the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Natalia Eismont, confirmed that in the first days of the Russian military invasion of

Lukashenko's spokesperson denied on Monday that any apology took place, but confirmed that a call between both leaders soon after the war began.

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

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.