Zelensky asks for international observers on Belarus border, offers ‘peace formula’

THE
KYIV INDEPENDENT

October 11, 2022

By The Kyiv Independent news desk

Zelensky asks for international observers on Belarus border, offers 'peace formula'

President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to G7 leaders during an Oct. 11 extraordinary G7 summit led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (President’s Office)

Ukraine does not plan military actions against Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelensky saidduring an extraordinary G7 summit led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

“To completely remove this provocation, to remove these narratives by (Belarus dictator Alexander) Lukashenko, to remove even the assumption of any alleged threat from us, we offer our solution,” said Zelensky. 

“A mission of international observers may be stationed on the border of Ukraine and Belarus to monitor the security situation,” Zelensky said during a conference gathered as a response to Russia’s widespread bombardment of Ukraine on Oct. 10.

Zelensky said that Ukrainian authorities have a “peace formula” that includes an air shield, territorial integrity protection, punishment of Russia, and a “Kyiv Security Compact project,” which the president didn’t describe in detail.

“Russia must be completely isolated and punished. Punished both politically and in terms of sanctions,” Zelensky added.

Russia lashed out on Oct. 10, striking many Ukrainian cities with 84 missiles and 24 exploding drones. 

The places they hit were all civilian — multiple power plants and a children’s playground in the center of Kyiv. Most strikes seemed to be timed to the Monday morning rush hour as if trying to kill as many commuters as possible.

“The invaders can’t stand against us on the battlefield and thus resort to this terror,” President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on the evening after the bombardment.

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2 comments

  1. “To completely remove this provocation, to remove these narratives by (Belarus dictator Alexander) Lukashenko, to remove even the assumption of any alleged threat from us, we offer our solution,”

    Ukraine did this once before, last winter, before the shithole called Russian Federation launched a full-scaled attack. Ukraine tried just about everything short of selling itself like a cheap street whore to avoid this war, all to no avail.
    Either Belarus (with its master, mafia land) will attack Ukraine anyway, or it will bind X amount of Ukrainian military assets on the border. At any rate, Belarus will be used as a launching pad for further airborne strikes against Ukrainian cities.
    I know that this is futile, but I still think that attacking Belarus is the best thing that Ukraine can do, under the circumstances. The Belarusian people are simply not going to do anything, and the danger emanating from this trash country is nonstop. Ukraine could topple loony, put the real president in place, have many thousands of extra fighters, destroy or capture any remaining ruskie aircraft, drones and missiles, and capture all the remaining Belarusian military material. It would be in direct contact with two Baltic States and hand mafia land a very serious defeat. The border to control along Belarus/mafia land is roughly the same length as Ukraine/Belarus. It could shell Smolensk into ruins and maybe even be able to send missiles to Moscow.

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