Zelenskyy sets one-week deadline for Belarus to dismantle Russian assets

Zelenskyy identified specific relay infrastructure in two border regions that Russian forces utilize to guide strikes against Ukrainian civilians. Beyond the hardware, he called out Belarus’s role in the conflict, specifically citing the country’s oil refining sector as a critical supply line for the Russian military. He insisted that halting these logistics remains entirely within Lukashenko’s authority.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, backed the ultimatum, arguing that such direct pressure is the only effective way to handle a dictator. While Lukashenko has publicly claimed that Ukraine has nothing to fear from his country, his administration remains Moscow’s primary ally, recently hosting Russian hypersonic missile systems and participating in joint nuclear drills. Kyiv’s warning signals a hardening stance against the support Minsk provides to the Kremlin’s war effort.