{"id":45154,"date":"2023-01-01T20:47:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-ignores-ukraine-war-in-new-years-address\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-ignores-ukraine-war-in-new-years-address","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45154\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka ignores Ukraine war in New Year\u2019s address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 1, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> In his New Year\u2019s address to the nation, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, who usually touches on international issues in these speeches, said nothing about Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and his own involvement in it.<\/p>\n<p> The only relating line was: \u201cThis year, we saw how small our vast world is: ignite a conflict in one country, and the whole planet has a fever.\u201d In the televised address on December 31, he called 2022 \u201cdifficult, controversial, sometimes tense.\u201d \u201cBut the main thing is that it was peaceful for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cPerhaps even more than before, we felt that the calm and safe life to which we are accustomed faced a threat. We became more concerned about our children, relatives and loved ones, and even about the future of mankind. We became more aware of the value of peace in our native land, and this was our main achievement this year,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said.<\/p>\n<p> Belarus\u2019 other successes, according to \u0141uka\u0161enka, included a record-setting grain harvest, stronger energy security and efforts to overcome sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>He said Belarus \u201cwas and will remain a hospitable and friendly country.\u201d He declared 2023 \u201cYear of Peace and Creation\u201d: \u201cThis corresponds to both the spirit of the times and the aspirations of our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 1, BPN. In his New Year\u2019s address to the nation, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, who usually touches on international issues in these speeches, said nothing about Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and his own involvement in it. The only relating line was: \u201cThis year, we saw how small our vast world is: ignite a conflict in one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45154","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka ignores Ukraine war in New Year\u2019s address | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 1, BPN. 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