Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Putin is ‘in better shape than ever’ and ‘a completely sane, healthy person’ – By Kelsey Vlamis (Business Insider) / March 20, 2022
- Some Western leaders have questioned Putin’s mental state since Russia invaded Ukraine last month.
- Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko defended his close ally, saying Putin is “absolutely fit.”
- “As they say here – he’ll catch a cold at all our funerals,” Lukashenko said.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko praised his close ally Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview on Saturday, as many leaders in the West question whether Putin miscalculated the invasion of Ukraine.
“The West, and you, should get this stupidity, this fiction out of your heads,” Lukashenko said in an interview with TBS, a Japanese television channel, Reuters reported.
“Putin is absolutely fit, he’s in better shape than ever … This is a completely sane, healthy person, physically healthy – he’s an athlete,” he continued, adding: “As they say here – he’ll catch a cold at all our funerals.”
