Belarus President Lukashenko: Peace talks on Ukraine may start in autumn

According to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, peace negotiations to resolve the military conflict in Ukraine may begin in autumn.

"This is possible. Maybe not in September, but a little later. I do not want to expose anything, but the Europeans are already talking about it — France, Germany,” the Belarusian President said, TASS reports.

"One may end the war by striking a nuclear blow on Ukraine. This is quite possible, but not necessary. President Putin has stated several times before that the use of nuclear weapons, even of limited capabilities — tactical nuclear weapons — there is no such a question on the agenda. Russia has enough conventional weapons, non-nuclear ones, to achieve its goals," Lukashenko said.