MOSCOW. July 21 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that an encroachment on Belarus would be considered as aggression against Russia, and Moscow's response would be immediate.
Putin said at a meeting with Russian Security Council members that, in particular, the Polish elites "are dreaming of Belarusian lands." "As for the regime in Ukraine, it's their business. If they want, as traitors do, to rent, sell or use something to pay off their masters, it's their business. We're not going to interfere," the president said.
"But as for Belarus, it is a part of the Union State. And unleashing aggression against Belarus would mean aggression against the Russian Federation. And we will respond to it using all means at our disposal," Putin said.