Alexander Lukashenko’s call today for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and opening of peace talks without preconditions

I direct the attention of my Russian speaking subscribers to the video recording of an important and most timely speech delivered this morning by President Alexander Lukashenko to the Parliament and nation of Belarus. 

The speech is long and I suggest that you start listening from minute 20 when Lukashenko sets out his proposal for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine with no further movements of troops or military equipment by either side and for the opening of peace talks without preconditions. 

After a brief recapitulation of what led up to the conflict in Ukraine and of his own deep involvement in efforts to snuff it out nine years ago through what we know as the Minsk Accords, Lukashenko goes directly to the present moment. Now, when, as he says, more than half a million casualties have been suffered by the armies at war. Now, when units at the front line on both sides have lost the appetite for more pointless deaths. Now, when the Russian war potential has not yet been fully unleashed. Now, when the risks of escalation grow before our eyes.

He asks the most famous question in Russian political thinking for more than a hundred years:  Что делать? What is to be done?   And he makes a passionate plea for Peace.

You, at Harvard, who hosted the Pretender to the Belarus throne Tikhanovskaya in Cambridge last week, Tikhanovskaya who is backed by the pro-war Lithuanians and Poles: may you hang your heads in shame.  

Belarus has an incumbent President at work in Minsk and he is doing his very best to bring peace to our very dangerous times.

Have a look:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSZ0nzgESo

Post Script, 01,04.23:

I did not put this in my essay, but you may find it useful to know:

First, there can be no doubt that Lukashenko conferred with Putin before making his appeal for an immediate cease fire. This is not because Putin fears defeat on the battlefield. It is because he has lost confidence in the sanity of the American political leadership and does not want to be goaded into further escalation.

Second, if you listen to Lukashenko’s arguments in the video you are astounded.  He is saying that on the front lines the soldiers on both sides understand that they are being sent to their deaths for NOTHING.  He says that Ukrainians are warning Russians of attacks about to be launched and Russians are doing the same for the Ukrainians who are maybe 50 meters away from them.

This is absolutely unknown to the likes of Ritter and Macgregor whose brilliance in military theory is irrelevant to the situation at hand. This, and the whole impassioned plea for a ceasefire, are totally ignored in the scrap of propaganda in today’s New York Times entitled “Belarus, echoing Russia, raises the prospect of nuclear conflict’ by their lead reporter for Eastern Europe, Andrew Higgins, based in Warsaw. The editors of the NYT must have 100 meter deep bomb shelters for themselves and family when they publish their war mongering texts that knowingly misinform their readership and refuse to follow the off-ramp that L. has just showed them.

Translations into German (Andreas Mylaeus), Spanish (Hugo Guido), French (Youri) and Brazilian Portuguese (Evandro Menezes)

Alexander Lukaschenkos heutiger Aufruf zur sofortigen Einstellung der Feindseligkeiten in der Ukraine und zur Aufnahme von Friedensgesprächen ohne Vorbedingungen

Ich möchte die Aufmerksamkeit meiner russischsprachigen Abonnenten auf die Videoaufzeichnung einer wichtigen und äußerst aktuellen Rede lenken, die Präsident Alexander Lukaschenko heute Morgen vor dem Parlament und dem Volk von Belarus gehalten hat.

Die Rede ist lang und ich schlage vor, dass Sie ab Minute 20 zuhören, wenn Lukaschenko seinen Vorschlag für die sofortige Einstellung der Feindseligkeiten in der Ukraine ohne weitere Truppenbewegungen oder militärische Ausrüstung auf beiden Seiten und für die Aufnahme von Friedensgesprächen ohne Vorbedingungen darlegt.

Nach einer kurzen Rekapitulation der Vorgeschichte des Konflikts in der Ukraine und seiner eigenen intensiven Beteiligung an den Bemühungen, ihn vor neun Jahren durch die so genannten Minsker Vereinbarungen zu beenden, geht Lukaschenko direkt auf die Gegenwart ein. Jetzt, wo, wie er sagt, die Armeen im Krieg mehr als eine halbe Million Tote zu beklagen haben. Jetzt, wo die Einheiten an der Front auf beiden Seiten den Appetit auf weitere sinnlose Tote verloren haben. Jetzt, wo das russische Kriegspotential noch nicht voll entfesselt ist. Jetzt, wo die Risiken einer Eskalation vor unseren Augen wachsen.

Er stellt die berühmteste Frage des russischen politischen Denkens seit mehr als hundert Jahren: Что делать? Was ist zu tun? Und er hält ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für den Frieden.

Sie in Harvard, die Sie letzte Woche in Cambridge die weißrussische Thronanwärterin Tichanowskaja empfangen haben, die von den Kriegsbefürwortern in Litauen und Polen unterstützt wird: Mögen Sie Ihre Köpfe hängen lassen und sich schämen.

Belarus hat einen amtierenden Präsidenten, der in Minsk arbeitet und sein Bestes tut, um Frieden in unsere sehr gefährlichen Zeiten zu bringen.

P.S.: Ich habe dies nicht in meinen Aufsatz aufgenommen, aber vielleicht ist es für Sie nützlich zu wissen:
Erstens besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass Lukaschenko sich mit Putin beraten hat, bevor er zu einem sofortigen Waffenstillstand aufrief. Das liegt nicht daran, dass Putin eine Niederlage auf dem Schlachtfeld befürchtet. Sondern weil er das Vertrauen in die Vernunft der amerikanischen politischen Führung verloren hat und sich nicht zu einer weiteren Eskalation hinreißen lassen will.
Zweitens: Wenn man sich Lukaschenkos Argumente in dem Video anhört, ist man erstaunt.  Er sagt, dass die Soldaten an der Front auf beiden Seiten verstehen, dass sie für NICHTS in den Tod geschickt werden. Er sagt, dass die Ukrainer die Russen vor bevorstehenden Angriffen warnen und dass die Russen dasselbe für die Ukrainer tun, die vielleicht 50 Meter von ihnen entfernt sind.
Dies ist Leuten wie Ritter und Macgregor, deren brillante Militärtheorie für die vorliegende Situation irrelevant ist, völlig unbekannt. Dies und der ganze leidenschaftliche Appell für einen Waffenstillstand werden in dem Propagandafetzen in der heutigen New York Times mit dem Titel “Weißrussland, das Russland nacheifert, erhöht die Aussicht auf einen Atomkonflikt” von ihrem Chefreporter für Osteuropa, Andrew Higgins, der in Warschau lebt, völlig ignoriert. Die Redakteure der NYT müssen 100 Meter tiefe Luftschutzbunker für sich und ihre Familie haben, wenn sie ihre kriegshetzerischen Texte veröffentlichen, die ihre Leserschaft wissentlich falsch informieren und sich weigern, den Ausweg anzunehmen, den L. ihnen gerade gezeigt hat.
 

El llamado de Alexander Lukashenko para un cese inmediato de las hostilidades en Ucrania y la apertura de conversaciones de paz sin condiciones previas

Dirijo la atención de mis suscriptores de habla rusa a la grabación del vídeo de un discurso importante y muy oportuno pronunciado esta mañana por el presidente Alexander Lukashenko ante el Parlamento y la nación de Bielorrusia.

El discurso es largo y les sugiero que comiencen a escuchar a partir del minuto 20 cuando Lukashenko expone su propuesta para el cese inmediato de las hostilidades en Ucrania sin más movimientos de tropas o equipo militar por ninguna de las partes y para la apertura de conversaciones de paz sin condiciones previas.

Después de una breve recapitulación de lo que condujo al conflicto en Ucrania y de su profunda participación en los esfuerzos para extinguirlo hace nueve años a través de lo que conocemos como los Acuerdos de Minsk, Lukashenko va directamente al momento presente. Ahora, como él dice, cuando más de medio millón de bajas han sido sufridas por los ejércitos en guerra. Ahora, cuando las unidades en la línea del frente en ambos lados han perdido el apetito por más muertes sin sentido. Ahora, cuando el potencial de guerra ruso aún no se ha desatado por completo. Ahora, cuando los riesgos de escalada crecen ante nuestros ojos.

Hace la pregunta más famosa en el pensamiento político ruso durante más de cien años: Что делать? ¿Qué hacer? Y hace una súplica apasionada por la Paz.

Usted, en Harvard, que recibió al pretendiente al trono bielorruso Tikhanovskaya en Cambridge la semana pasada, Tikhanovskaya, que está respaldado por los lituanos y polacos pro-guerra: pueden bajar sus cabezas avergonzados.

Bielorrusia tiene un presidente en ejercicio trabajando en Minsk y está haciendo todo lo posible para llevar la paz en estos tiempos tan peligrosos.

Eche un vistazo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSZ0nzgESo

Appel lancé aujourd’hui par Alexandre Loukachenko en faveur d’une cessation immédiate des hostilités en Ukraine et de l’ouverture de pourparlers de paix sans conditions préalables

J’attire l’attention de mes abonnés russophones sur l’enregistrement vidéo d’un discours important et très opportun prononcé ce matin par le président Alexandre Loukachenko devant le Parlement et la nation du Belarus.

Le discours est long et je vous suggère de commencer à l’écouter à partir de la minute 20, lorsque M. Loukachenko présente sa proposition de cessation immédiate des hostilités en Ukraine, sans nouveaux mouvements de troupes ou d’équipements militaires de part et d’autre, et d’ouverture de pourparlers de paix sans conditions préalables.

Après un bref rappel de ce qui a conduit au conflit en Ukraine et de sa propre implication dans les efforts visant à y mettre fin il y a neuf ans par le biais de ce que nous appelons les accords de Minsk, M. Lukashenko en vient directement au moment présent. Aujourd’hui, alors que, comme il le dit, plus d’un demi-million de personnes ont été tuées par les armées belligérantes. Aujourd’hui, alors que les unités de la ligne de front des deux côtés ont perdu toute envie de faire plus de morts inutiles. Aujourd’hui, alors que le potentiel de guerre russe n’a pas encore été pleinement libéré. Aujourd’hui, alors que les risques d’escalade se multiplient sous nos yeux.

Il pose la question la plus célèbre de la pensée politique russe depuis plus de cent ans : Что делать ? « Que faire ? » Et il lance un appel passionné à la paix.

Vous, à Harvard, qui avez accueilli la prétendante à la présidence biélorusse Tikhanovskaya à Cambridge la semaine dernière, Tikhanovskaya qui est soutenue par les Lituaniens et les Polonais partisans de la guerre : que vos têtes se couvrent de honte. 

Le Belarus a un président en exercice qui travaille à Minsk et qui fait de son m

PS du 01.04.23 :

Je n’ai pas inclus cette information dans mon article, mais il peut être utile de la connaître :

Premièrement, il ne fait aucun doute que Loukachenko s’est entretenu avec Poutine avant de lancer son appel à un cessez-le-feu immédiat. Ce n’est pas parce que Poutine craint une défaite sur le champ de bataille. C’est parce qu’il n’a plus confiance dans le bon sens des dirigeants politiques américains et qu’il ne veut pas être poussé à une nouvelle escalade.

Deuxièmement, si vous écoutez les arguments de Loukachenko dans la vidéo, vous êtes stupéfaits.  Il affirme que sur les lignes de front, les soldats des deux camps comprennent qu’ils sont envoyés à la mort pour RIEN.  Il dit que les Ukrainiens avertissent les Russes des attaques sur le point d’être lancées et que les Russes font de même pour les Ukrainiens qui se trouvent peut-être à 50 mètres d’eux.

Cela est absolument inconnu des gens comme Ritter et Macgregor, dont les brillantes théories militaires n’ont rien à voir avec la situation actuelle. Ce point, ainsi que tout le plaidoyer passionné en faveur d’un cessez-le-feu, sont totalement ignorés dans le morceau de propagande du New York Times d’aujourd’hui intitulé « Belarus, echoing Russia, raises the prospect of nuclear conflict » (Le Belarus, faisant écho à la Russie, évoque la perspective d’un conflit nucléaire) par leur principal reporter pour l’Europe de l’Est, Andrew Higgins, basé à Varsovie. Les rédacteurs du NYT doivent disposer d’abris antiatomiques de 100 mètres de profondeur pour eux-mêmes et leur famille lorsqu’ils publient leurs textes bellicistes qui désinforment sciemment leur lectorat et refusent de suivre l’itinéraire de sortie que L. vient de leur montrer.

ieux pour apporter la paix à notre époque très dangereuse.

Jetez un coup d’œil : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSZ0nzgESo

Apelo de Alexander Lukashenko para uma cessação imediata das hostilidades na Ucrânia e abertura de negociações de paz sem pré-condições

Dirijo meus assinantes que falam russo para a gravação em vídeo de um discurso importante e oportuno proferido nesta manhã pelo presidente Alexander Lukashenko ao Parlamento e à nação da Bielo-Rússia.

O discurso é longo e sugiro que se comece a o ouvir a partir de 20 minutos, quando Lukashenko apresenta sua proposta de cessação imediata das hostilidades na Ucrânia, sem mais movimentos de tropas ou equipamentos militares de nenhum dos lados, e para a abertura de negociações de paz sem pré-condições.

Após uma breve recapitulação do que levou ao conflito na Ucrânia e de seu profundo envolvimento nos esforços para eliminá-lo há nove anos por meio do que conhecemos como Acordos de Minsk, Lukashenko vai direto ao momento presente. Agora, quando, como ele diz, mais de meio milhão de baixas foram sofridas pelos exércitos em guerra. Agora, quando as unidades na linha de frente de ambos os lados perderam o apetite por mais mortes inúteis. Agora, quando o potencial de guerra russo ainda não foi totalmente liberado. Agora, quando os riscos de agravamento crescem diante de nossos olhos.

Ele faz a pergunta mais famosa no pensamento político russo há mais de cem anos: Что делать? O que se fazer? E faz um apelo apaixonado pela Paz.

Vocês, em Harvard, que hospedaram a pretendente ao trono da Bielorrússia, Tikhanovskaya, em Cambridge na semana passada, Tikhanovskaya que é apoiado pelos lituanos e poloneses a favor da guerra: que vocês abaixem a cabeça envergonhados.

A Bielo-Rússia tem um presidente em exercício trabalhando em Minsk e ele está fazendo o possível para se trazer paz a nossos tempos tão perigosos.

Post Script, 1 de abril de 2023:

Eu não coloquei isto em meu ensaio, mas pode ser útil de se saber:

Primeiramente, não há dúvida de que Lukashenko conversou com Putin antes de fazer seu apelo por um cessar-fogo imediato. Isto não ocorre porque Putin teme a derrota no campo de batalha. É porque ele perdeu a confiança na sanidade da liderança política americana e não quer ser incitado a uma nova escalada.

Em segundo lugar, se se ouvirem os argumentos de Lukashenko no vídeo, ficará surpreso. Ele está dizendo que na linha de frente os soldados de ambos os lados entendem que estão sendo enviados para a morte por NADA. Ele diz que os ucranianos estão alertando os russos sobre ataques prestes a serem lançados e os russos estão fazendo o mesmo com os ucranianos que estão talvez a cerca de 50 metros deles.

Isto é absolutamente desconhecido por pessoas como Ritter e Macgregor, cujo brilhantismo na teoria militar é irrelevante para esta situação. Isto, e todo o apelo apaixonado por um cessar-fogo, são totalmente ignorados na sucata da propaganda do New York Times de hoje intitulado “Belarus, ecoando a Rússia, levanta o prospecto de conflito nuclear” por seu principal repórter para a Europa Oriental, Andrew Higgins, baseado em em Varsóvia. Os editores do New York Times devem ter abrigos antiaéreos de 100 metros de profundidade para eles e suas famílias quando publicam seus textos belicosos que conscientemente desinformam seus leitores e se recusam a seguir a rampa de saída que Lukashenko acabou de mostrar a eles.

12 thoughts on “Alexander Lukashenko’s call today for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and opening of peace talks without preconditions

  1. Poland, in particular, will forever suffer the consequences of its suicidally stupid russophobic policy. The Russians are not likely to ever forget the Poles’ infantile and deranged hatred of Russian culture. Unlike the US, Russia is Poland’s neighbor, but the Polish government and most Poles behave as if Russia existed on a different planet. It is impossible to have any sympathy for, much less understanding, of the Poles’ insufferable idiocy.

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    1. The only thing that might save Poland from future Russian retribution is that Russia now holds a long list of nations that have earned a kick in the ass from a Russian boot. The U.K. has used the Ukraine war to suck up to the E.U. The E.U. had been using the U.K. for a punching bag before and after Brexit. BoJo the clown ran point on scuttling any pre-war peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. No doubt doing the bidding of the U.S. Any E.U. country that supplied arms to Ukraine will be seen as fair game. Norway looks particularly vulnerable after being named by Hersh as a participant in the Nordstream bombings. It would not be surprising if Norway’s new pipeline to Germany suffers an unfortunate accident at some point. Not wishing anyone ill will, but he who lives by the covert sword, dies by the covert sword.

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    2. Hello,
      as a Polish person myself, I agree with you that to an outside observer it seems as if Poles have gone insane. In reality, however, the Polish foreign policy is not driven by “deranged hatred of Russian culture”, but by its well defined geopolitics. All Polish governments since 1989, and irrespective of their ideological affiliations, have intended to drive a wedge between Germany and Russia. This is so, because any potential economic alliance between Germany and Russia would be disastrous for the Polish economy. Our economy would be effectively privatised by German or Russian corporations.
      As such, I would argue that what you are seeing coming out of Poland is not in fact directed against Russia, but rather against Germany. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the dependence of German Federal Republic on Polish natural resources has increased dramatically. The Polish government demanded WW2 reparations from Germany immediately after Nord Stream bombings…
      Also, this Polish policy is perfectly in line with the objectives of the US foreign policy in Europe.
      Do I approve of the Polish government policy? I am nothing but ashamed of it. I do, however, understand its objectives. We have just won an economic war against Germany (over many Ukrainian and Russian dead bodies…).
      Thank you,
      Andrew, PhD

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      1. Confrontation between Germany (Austria) and Russia has historically been disadvantageous to Poland, so it is not clear that subverting cooperation between them is advantageous. Relying on Anglo support certainly has not been a benefit to Poland historically.

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  2. Lukashenko has really come into his own as a man of strength and integrity since allying with Russia. He’s found his voice.

    The previous post on an immediate cease fire had the opposite reaction in me. I’m more convinced than ever that Putin is pursuing the right course (military) in Ukraine. Please see my commenets there.

    I’m all for peace, but we all need Russia to win in Ukraine. As M. K. BHADRAKUMAR said yesterday (https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-alone-can-already-confront-the-entire-west/):

    “The Ukraine war, paradoxically, is turning out to be a wake-up call — a war that can prevent another world war rather than engender one. China understands that Russia has single-handedly taken on the “collective West” and shown it is more than a match. This assessment in Beijing cannot escape the West’s attention and will impact the western thinking too for the medium and long term — not only for Eurasia but also the Asia-Pacific… It is the common concern of Russia and China that the world order must return to an international system with the UN at its core and a world order based on international law. There is no question that the two countries’ strategy is to overturn the “rules-based order” dominated by the US and return to an international order centred on the UN… Make no mistake that this is not about removing the US as the boss and replacing it with China, but about effectively checking the US from bullying smaller, weaker states, and thereby ushering in a new international order with primacy on peaceful development and political correctness that overrides all ideological differences.”

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  3. The problem here is that of party’s who are not agreement capable.

    Blinkin’s statement two days ago makes it clear that as far as the crazies in the basement are concerned any peace deal which does not give the US elite everything it wants is illegal.

    As many have already observed, this conflict is wider than Ukraine and cannot be resolved whilst ever those such as Blinken are anywhere else except incarcerated and out of the picture..

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  4. Has any war been more justified than this one?
    The plight of the Donbas people makes that of the Albanians in Kossovo, under Serbian rule look enviable. The casualties suffered by civilians under Ukrainian state fire between 2014 and todaymake even the most inflated estimates of the possibility of an attack on Benghazi, by the Libyan army ridiculous.
    Russia, with obvious and unfeined reluctance, was forced to choose between witnessing a massacre of its fellow Russians or intervening to protect them from unspeakable forces, fresh from the Odessa massacre, who teach their children that Russians are subhumans to be eradicated or enslaved.
    The issue of Putin is irrelevant- he was forced, like Neville Chamberlain to fight.

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  5. Thank you for sharing this important speech by President Lukashenko. It’s great to see leaders actively seeking peace and proposing solutions to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. What do you think are the chances of both sides agreeing to the proposal?

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  6. A transcription of the bulk of Lukashenko’s message would be great.
    No luck finding it so far.

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