OREANDA-NEWS President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko complained about the increased external pressure on the country and promised its residents a difficult year. At the same time, as BelTA news agency reports, the head of state expects to overcome all difficulties.

"Together with Russia, they began to crush and strangle us from all sides," Lukashenko said during a visit to the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Logoisk. — We will overcome all difficulties and difficulties. We have learned how to overcome them, and we know how to overcome them. But we can only do this together."

He added that economic issues remain the main challenge for Belarus right now. According to Lukashenko, these challenges can be overcome if the people of the country "stick together and strive to make life better."

"Everything will be done to preserve peace in Belarus. The main thing for us is to keep the peace. If there is no peace, nothing is needed," concluded Lukashenko.

Meanwhile, the Russian Academy of Sciences announced attempts by the West to create paramilitary groups of Belarusian migrants in 2025. Plans to undermine the situation in this country of the former USSR were revealed in a report obtained by RIA Novosti.