{"id":11559,"date":"2023-04-23T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T05:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/longreads\/kyiv-may-revise-its-policy-toward-minsk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"kyiv-may-revise-its-policy-toward-minsk","status":"publish","type":"longreads","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/longreads\/11559\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv may revise its policy toward Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <span>By Valeryj Karbalevi\u010d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n <b><span>Kyiv recalled its ambassador from Minsk last week following Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s April 18 meeting with a leader of pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine may push for new sanctions against Belarus and establish closer ties with opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/span><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Separatist leader Denis Pushilin is wanted in Ukraine in connection with \u201cgrave crimes,\u201d said the Ukrainian foreign ministry.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine\u2019s possible response<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Kyiv has been cautious until recently, trying not to provoke \u0141uka\u0161enka into sending troops to Ukraine to fight alongside with Russian forces. Pushilin\u2019s Minsk visit may prompt it to review its approach.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ukraine was reported to oppose new sanctions against Belarus over its complicity in Russia\u2019s war of aggression. The European Union has not included Belarus into three recent packages. Kyiv may now push for tighter sanctions against Minsk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It may also respond to overtures from Belarus\u2019 opposition leader, who has long sought a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Kyiv may recognize Cichano\u016dskaja as the official leader representing the Belarusian people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It would be a symmetric response to \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s recognition of Pushilin, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people\u2019s republic.\n<\/p>\n<h2>\u0141uka\u0161enka complies with Moscow\u2019s wishes<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Although Minsk has not formally recognized the Donetsk republic, Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian regions as Russian territories, the Belarusian ruler has made a big step in that direction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The \u0141uka\u0161enka-Pushilin meeting in Minsk took place nine months after the separatist leader had visited Brest and met with local officials. Belarus\u2019 state-run media did not cover Pushilin\u2019s trip to Brest. In contrast, his meeting with \u0141uka\u0161enka has received extensive coverage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The Belarusian leader pledged assistance to the separatist leadership.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Top-level contacts with Abkhazia<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Two months ago, \u0141uka\u0161enka met with Aslan Bzhania, leader of Georgia\u2019s breakaway territory of Abkhazia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Bzhania\u2019s visit came months after the Belarusian leader\u2019s surprise trip to Pitsunda, Abkhazia, in September 2022. Belarus has not yet officially joined the small list of countries that recognize Georgia\u2019s breakaway region of Abkhazia as an independent state.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The state flag of separatist Abkhazia was not displayed during \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with Bzhania.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t No senior Russian officials were present at the Belarusian ruler\u2019s meeting with Pushilin. That somewhat downgraded the separatist leader\u2019s status. \u0141uka\u0161enka often meets with Russian governors, usually in the presence of the Russian ambassador in Belarus, state secretary of the Union of Belarus and Russia, and other officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Last year, Moscow declared the Donetsk republic and other Ukrainian territories it has occupied as part of Russia. Therefore, it sees the Donetsk region as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. However, the separatist entity still keeps its name.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The settings of the meeting and official statements gave no clue whether \u0141uka\u0161enka treated Pushilin as a Russian governor or a self-proclaimed republic leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Valeryj Karbalevi\u010d Kyiv recalled its ambassador from Minsk last week following Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s April 18 meeting with a leader of pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine may push for new sanctions against Belarus and establish closer ties with opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. Separatist leader Denis Pushilin is wanted in Ukraine in connection with \u201cgrave crimes,\u201d said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[24],"class_list":["post-11559","longreads","type-longreads","status-publish","hentry","rubric-theviewer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kyiv may revise its policy toward Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Valeryj Karbalevi\u010d Kyiv recalled its ambassador from Minsk last week following Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s April 18 meeting with a leader of pro-Russian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/longreads\/11559\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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