"Lukashenko Is An Empty Seat."
4- 23.05.2026, 21:50
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Podoliak stated that the Belarusian dictator is not even a regional-level entity.
To put it mildly, the possibility of a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Belarusian dictator Lukashenko was called unlikely by an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak in air of "Ordinary Morning".
"Lukashenko is not a subject of even the regional level, accordingly, it is not he who determines the escalation levels of risks that appear today," he said.
Podolyak noted that Lukashenko's regime has taken and is taking part in the war against Ukraine unleashed by Russia.
"I recommend everyone to separate Belarusians and Russians very strongly - they are completely different people in terms of understanding the realities of today and historical mentality," said the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. - If Russians enjoy mass murder and violence, Belarusians are certainly far from it and, of course, do not welcome war."
"Belarus will always be used by Russia, unfortunately, because it is a non-subject - I emphasize again - under Lukashenko, a country for provocative actions against Lithuania, Poland or Ukraine."
"To agree on something with Lukashenko - I don't even know... How can you communicate with a man who lies all the time? He lied once, lied twice, has no effect on anything, a fanfaronchik, tells some phantasmagorical scenarios," the speaker added.
Podolyak reminded that the war has been going on for four years, Ukraine is at war with a large resource country, where there is a lot of unnecessary manpower, the Russian Federation - technologically backward absolutely dead civilization, a splinter of civilization, which just wants to kill its neighbors.
"But in four years, the situation in this war has changed dramatically: today again Ukraine, having seized the initiative, steadily and systematically takes out export-oriented industries of Russia, regardless of the distance, where the same oil refineries are located, destroys them, the same way it takes out the chemical industry, takes out military production - it will increase, there's no doubt about it," he said. - The territory of Belarus is much smaller and much more conveniently shot through compared to the territory of Russia. Having that accumulated experience of using long-range tools, to listen to some statements of Lukashenko that he will interfere somewhere, will do something..."
"I think there is a good direction, it is called clinical psychology with a transition to psychiatry. He needs to socialize there. To summarize, it is pointless to talk to an empty place," Podolyak said.
"The only moment when Lukashenko can admit guilt is in order to mitigate the legal consequences, once the subject Putin, if he survives, will be sitting in the dock," the advisor to the head of the Ukrainian OP emphasized.