Political Analyst: Zelensky's Words About Belarus Are A Response To Trump
- 27.01.2026, 16:39
Ukraine opposes bringing Lukashenko out of isolation.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has twice talked about Belarusians in just three days - at the Davos Forum and at the anniversary of the Kastus Kalinowski uprising in Vilnius.
He recalled the protests in 2020, spoke about the European future of Belarus, the inevitability of democratic changes.
Why so much attention to our country? About this site Charter97.org talked to a well-known Ukrainian political scientist, head of the Center for Applied Political Research "Penta" Vladimir Fesenko:
- I think it is due to the fact that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, unfortunately, has taken a course to bring Lukashenko out of isolation. We are talking about contacts with Lukashenko, and about inviting him to the "Peace Council", which he accepted with joy, of course, this is also a form of legitimization.
All this contradicts the position of Ukraine, the position of our European partners, and, of course, this is a serious blow for the Belarusian opposition.
Zelensky began to raise this topic, including drawing parallels between the protests that took place in Belarus in 2020 and what happened recently in Iran. The topic of the situation in Belarus was actively raised in such a brightly shaped form at the meeting of the three leaders of the "Lublin Triangle". This is, first of all, a reaction to the fact that Lukashenko is being brought out of isolation.
Zelensky's words are not a direct, but a response to the actions of the Trump administration, which Kiev and Europe consider not quite right. Yes, there is a positive effect there - the release of political prisoners, but still the fact that Lukashenko gets much more from it, and the main thing (which is in the Trump style) is that values mean nothing, and the main thing is some pragmatic result, which is still very relative. Therefore, Zelensky's words are connected with the concrete circumstances of the current situation.
- Can Ukraine become one of the leaders in supporting democratic changes in Belarus, like Lithuania and Poland?
- It can, but in full already after the war is over. The Lublin triangle - Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine - can become an international platform for such support.