{"id":192890,"date":"2026-06-22T18:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192890\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:57:33","slug":"kyiv-entitled-to-self-defense-eu-says-on-zelenskys-ultimatum-to-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192890\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv\u00a0entitled to self-defense, EU says on\u00a0Zelensky\u2019s\u00a0ultimatum to\u00a0Luka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 22,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Kyiv &#8220;has the right to defend itself,&#8221; Ukrinform quoted&nbsp;European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper&nbsp;as saying&nbsp;at a briefing on June 22&nbsp;while she was commenting on&nbsp;Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019sultimatum for&nbsp;Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hipper reiterated the EU\u2019s official stance on Belarus, namely, that Minsk continues to facilitate Russia\u2019s aggressive war against Ukraine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed that Minsk stages provocations against the European Union, namely, violates its airspace and uses migration as an instrument of pressure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly why the EU has imposed sanctions on the&nbsp;Luka\u0161enka&nbsp;regime and stands ready to take further measures until&nbsp;Belarusian authorities abandon such behavior, Hipper said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 19, Volodymyr Zelensky gave&nbsp;Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka&nbsp;one week to dismantle drone control relay systems allegedly used to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukraine. \u201cIf he does not shut them down, we will shut down everything within a week. Either they will do it, or we will,\u201d Zelensky said yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Zelensky said that the network of relay stations had enabled strikes on energy and railway infrastructure, as well as on \u201cordinary cities and villages\u201d in the Zhytomyr, Rivne and Volyn regions.<\/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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 22,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Kyiv &#8220;has the right to defend itself,&#8221; Ukrinform quoted&nbsp;European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper&nbsp;as saying&nbsp;at a briefing on June 22&nbsp;while she was commenting on&nbsp;Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019sultimatum for&nbsp;Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka.&nbsp; Hipper reiterated the EU\u2019s official stance on Belarus, namely, that Minsk continues to 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