MINSK, October 6. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that escalation on the part of the United States is pushing Russia to use extreme measures.

"The fanning of tensions and escalation will lead to a situation where they [Russia] will take the red button and put it on the table," Lukashenko said during a visit to the Defense Ministry’s training facility Resistance Node in the Brest Region, the Telegram channel Pul_1, close to the presidential press service reports. It explains that the Belarusian leader thus pointed out it was the United States that was pushing Russia to use extreme measures.

He has an impression that the Americans are "pushing the Russians to use the most terrible weapons."

"Vladimir Zelensky and his army may be armed with long-range missiles. Let it be even those with a range of 300 kilometers. Just imagine powerful missiles hitting 300 kilometers deep inside Russian territory. Do you think that the Russian president and military will be calmly watching this?" Lukashenko asked.

The BelTA news agency quotes him as saying "the response will be colossal."

"Once again, some fools think they'll stay safe across the ocean. They'll drag the whole world into this grave war," the Belarusian leader warned.

Earlier, Lukashenko urged the US and Europe not to supply modern weapons to Ukraine. He emphasized that it was the US that had initiated all military conflicts in the European region and benefited from them.