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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, whom the EU and the U.S. do not recognize as legally elected, says that the Ukrainian special services must answer who killed Head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine Vitaliy Shyshov.

“Shyshov was in Ukraine. And he was supported by the special services of Ukraine. You know what they were doing. He was on your territory, he hanged himself, or he was hanged on your territory. You, please, investigate and give us an answer, who hanged, how the citizen of Belarus was hanged,” Lukashenko said.

He noted that relations between Belarus and Ukraine should not be overshadowed by all sorts of “fakes and nasty things”.

“Listen, Shyshov, who hanged himself, who is he for me and for Belarus in general? He was, well, just nobody for us. Which madman in Belarus would go and hang him? Except if there are some disputes. It is pretty basic, they hanged one, and tomorrow there will be someone else. You can’t hang everyone, it’s nonsense. Why are they making a big deal out of it in Ukraine?” Lukashenko said.

As reported, Vitaliy Shyshov, a Belarusian activist living in exile and a head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, was found hanged in a park near his home this morning, in Kyiv on August 3, 2021.