{"id":346921,"date":"2026-05-27T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-ukraine-preparing-for-belarus-without-lukashenko-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:00:31","slug":"is-ukraine-preparing-for-belarus-without-lukashenko-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-ukraine-preparing-for-belarus-without-lukashenko-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ukraine preparing for Belarus without Lukashenko? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yzmRvHzOrSA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Ukraine preparing for Belarus without Lukashenko? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzmRvHzOrSA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has warned for weeks that Russia could once again use Belarusian territory to threaten the country from the north \u2014 reviving grim memories from the start of the war, when Russian troops crossed the border from Belarus in their push toward Kyiv. We spoke to Pavel Slunkin, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and former political analyst at Belarus&#8217;s Foreign Ministry, about the visit of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to Ukraine \u2014 and about Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s recent appeal to the Belarusian people on X.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Ukraine and the threat from Belarus<br \/>\n00:28 Zelenskyy meets Tsikhanouskaya in Kyiv, appeals to the Belarusian people<br \/>\n01:30 Pavel Slunkin on Kyiv\u2019s dual messaging<br \/>\n04:49 Can Belarus resist pressure from Vladimir Putin?<br \/>\n05:45 No clear signs of an imminent attack<br \/>\n10:22 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko depends on Russia<\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs #ukrainewar #lukashenko <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has warned for weeks that Russia could once again use Belarusian territory to threaten the country from the north \u2014 reviving grim memories from the start of the war, when Russian troops crossed the border from Belarus in their push toward Kyiv. 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