Ukraine may launch a preventive missile strike on Belarus if the commander-in-chief makes the appropriate decision, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov has said.

"Our troops are now engaged in the destruction of Russian military equipment and resources that are today on the territory of our country. If necessary, if a decision is made by the commander-in-chief to do this, it will be accepted," he said on the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.

Answering a clarifying question whether Ukraine would launch a preemptive strike on Belarus if the decision was made by the President of Ukraine, commander-in-chief Volodymyr Zelensky, Danilov replied: "Of course."