{"id":1393337,"date":"2026-06-21T22:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1393337"},"modified":"2026-06-21T22:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:06:32","slug":"zelenskyy-awaits-concrete-steps-from-lukashenko-he-can-keep-his-i-m-sorry-for-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-awaits-concrete-steps-from-lukashenko-he-can-keep-his-i-m-sorry-for-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Awaits Concrete Steps from Lukashenko: \u201cHe Can Keep His \u2018I\u2019m Sorry\u2019 for Himself\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko must stop assisting Russia and demonstrate this through concrete actions, stressing that words alone are no longer enough, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>informs.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/weukrainetv\/143900\">TSN<\/a>, Zelenskyy said that before making public statements, he usually takes \u201ccertain de-escalatory steps privately.\u201d According to him, Belarusian authorities had previously received messages through intelligence and military channels urging them to stop helping Russia.<\/p>\n   <p>The president stated that Kyiv had repeatedly demanded that Minsk dismantle relay equipment on Belarusian territory that allegedly helps Russian drones conduct attacks against Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe story with the relay stations in Belarus is not something that started yesterday. It has been going on for a long time, and it has resulted in casualties exclusively on the Ukrainian side. He can keep his \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 for himself. It stopped working after the first day of the war. I explained to him: step number one is to end any technical support for Russian relay systems. Remove them, show us they have been removed, and the issue is closed. We have conveyed this message to them many times. We have already moved beyond the stage of public signals. If they do not remove them, we will. That is all. Within a week, either they will do it, or we will,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The Ukrainian leader also called on Belarus to stop supplying fuel to the Russian military.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are also sending them a signal: please stop supplying fuel to the Russian army. This is only a signal; there are no threats here. We are simply telling them that we see it,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Earlier, Zelenskyy responded to what he described as Lukashenko\u2019s apology and gave Minsk one week to remove equipment allegedly being used by Russian forces to coordinate attacks against Ukraine, warning that otherwise Ukraine would take action itself.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/nawrocki-is-doing-what-orb-n-did-and-this-story-will-end-badly-zelenskyy-says\/\">Nawrocki Is Doing What Orb\u00e1n Did, and This Story Will End Badly, Zelenskyy Says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko must stop &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1298011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,55],"tags":[76,78,72924],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1393337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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