{"id":143172,"date":"2025-06-18T14:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143172\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kremlin-to-choreograph-lukasenkas-meeting-with-trumps-envoy-opposition-politician","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143172\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin to choreograph \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with Trump\u2019s envoy \u2013 opposition politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka will exploit a possible visit to Minsk by Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine, for his own self-promotion \u201cto inflate the deflated stature,\u201d opposition politician Anatol Labied\u017aka has warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka will try to present himself as an independent leader, but in reality, the Kremlin will approve the script . . .,\u201d Parlamentskiy Kanal reported, quoting him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reuters<\/em> reported on Kellogg\u2019s potential visit to Minsk earlier today. The agenda is unclear, although the US official reportedly believes that the trip could help relaunch peace talks between Ukraine and Russia that remain stalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Trump\u2019s first term, Washington sought to improve diplomatic relations with Minsk, but those efforts were put on hold after \u0141uka\u0161enka declared himself the winner of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Trump envoy may discuss Ukraine peace, political prisoners in Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 18, Pozirk. Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump&#039;s special envoy for Ukraine, may visit Belarus to meet Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in the coming days, Reuters reported, citing four sources. The agenda is unclear, although Kellogg reportedly believes that the trip &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143142\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka will exploit a possible visit to Minsk by Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine, for his own self-promotion \u201cto inflate the deflated stature,\u201d opposition politician Anatol Labied\u017aka has warned. \u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka will try to present himself as an independent leader, but in reality, the Kremlin will approve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":61428,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-143172","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kremlin to choreograph \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with Trump\u2019s envoy \u2013 opposition politician | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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