{"id":145168,"date":"2025-07-03T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-lashes-out-against-the-west-in-independence-day-speech","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145168\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka lashes out at the West in Independence Day speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n July 3, 2025\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (TV broadcast \/ Screenshot by Pozirk)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 3, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, in his Independence Day address, has accused the West of intentions \u201cto burn all its debts and problems in a global fire\u201d that could wipe out millions of lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did not present any evidence to support his claims but urged everyone to unite \u201cto stop the madmen, for the sake of the future of all mankind.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement follows his earlier warning, made two days ago, that the Baltic states and Poland could be wiped off the map if they persist with their current policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler also drew parallels with the Second World War, claiming that Germany is \u201conce again assuming the role of regional military leader by deploying brigade-level ground forces near our borders,\u201d apparently referring to the deployment of a German anti-tank brigade in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1991 to 1996, Belarus celebrated Independence Day on July 27, the day when the sovereignty declaration was adopted in 1990. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the 1996 referendum initiated by \u0141uka\u0161enka, it was brought forward to July 3 to commemorate the liberation of Minsk from the Nazis in 1944 in line with the official ideology focusing on the WW2 legacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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