{"id":528307,"date":"2026-03-25T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=528307"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:08:26","slug":"bnr-will-defeat-bssr-ukrainian-parliament-congratulates-belarusians-on-freedom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/bnr-will-defeat-bssr-ukrainian-parliament-congratulates-belarusians-on-freedom-day","title":{"rendered":"BNR Will Defeat BSSR: Ukrainian Parliament Congratulates Belarusians On Freedom Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of Ukraine\u2019s Verkhovna Rada marked Freedom Day during today\u2019s session. From the parliamentary rostrum, they wished Belarus freedom on the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cDear Belarusians! You will be free. We know this. The Belarusian People\u2019s Republic (BNR) will inevitably defeat the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). Belarus must be free. We in Ukraine know that only a free Belarus will allow Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and the entire Black Sea region to live freely and safely. Today, Belarus is under the heel of an occupier.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Freedom Day is the day when the occupier will die. It is the day of the occupier\u2019s death. And all occupiers who are now on Ukrainian land, who are now on Belarusian land, will disappear, as it is said in the Ukrainian anthem, \u2018like dew in the sun.\u2019 That is how it will be. Belarus and Ukraine together will be in a free Europe. Glory to Ukraine! Long live Belarus!\u201d<\/em> MP <b>Oleksiy Goncharenko<\/b> said from the rostrum.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the \u201cFor a Democratic Belarus\u201d group in the Ukrainian parliament also took the floor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2003479430261205%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers belonging to the inter-factional group \u201cFor a Democratic Belarus\u201d also issued a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>It states that Belarus today lives under conditions of dual occupation: by the Lukashenka regime and by Russia, which has turned the country into a staging ground for the destruction of Ukraine. The deputies emphasize that, under international humanitarian law, Belarus should be regarded as an occupied territory.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cBut there is another Belarus \u2014 one that is fighting. On this day, we bow our heads with special gratitude to the fighters of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment, who since the first days of the full-scale invasion have defended Ukrainian land on the most intense sections of the front. They are defending the idea for which we are fighting: the fate of a people cannot be imposed by force \u2014 it is determined by those who are ready to stand for it. Their bravery on the battlefield proves what we have always declared: the freedom of Ukraine and the freedom of Belarus are inseparable. The true independence of Belarus will be achieved, among other things, in this war.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>A democratic change of power in Minsk is a matter of security for the entire region. Under Lukashenka\u2019s control, Ukraine\u2019s northern border remains a direction of threat,\u201d<\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The deputies called on the president, parliament, and government of Ukraine to sever diplomatic relations with Lukashenka, officially recognize Belarus as a territory occupied by Russia, and transfer the premises of the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv to democratic representatives of the Belarusian people. They also called on the international community to strengthen sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-528288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20.jpg 764w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20-282x400.jpg 282w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-25_13-52-20-565x800.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Ukraine\u2019s Verkhovna Rada marked Freedom Day during today\u2019s session. From the parliamentary rostrum, they wished Belarus freedom on the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic. \u201cDear Belarusians! You will be free. We know this. The Belarusian People\u2019s Republic (BNR) will inevitably defeat the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). Belarus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":528306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c3d03df1f3c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"BNR Will Defeat BSSR: Ukrainian Parliament Congratulates Belarusians On Freedom Day"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143090],"tags":[143118,143123],"class_list":["post-528307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-politics","tag-belarus","tag-ukraina"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}