{"id":538722,"date":"2026-05-02T16:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=538722"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:13:50","slug":"zelensky-reports-unusual-activity-on-border-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/zelensky-reports-unusual-activity-on-border-with-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Reports Unusual Activity on Border With Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <b>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/18848\">said<\/a> there had been unusual activity observed the previous day along sections of Ukraine\u2019s border with Belarus, originating from the Belarusian side.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Yesterday, rather unusual activity was observed along sections of the Ukraine-Belarus border \u2014 from the Belarusian side. We are closely monitoring and controlling everything and, if necessary, will respond. Ukraine is ready to defend its people and its sovereignty, and everyone being drawn into any aggressive actions against Ukraine must understand this&#8221;<\/em>, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader also reported the preparation of several sanctions packages \u2014 for today and in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We are continuing our work with partners \u2014 in Europe, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and other parts of the world \u2014 with all those who are capable of strengthening Ukraine\u2019s air defense and providing Ukraine with greater economic strength. We expect significant results from negotiations in May&#8221;<\/em>, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zelensky, he also spoke today with Slovak Prime Minister <b>Robert Fico<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We need strong relations between our countries, and we are both interested in this. It was important to hear that Slovakia supports Ukraine\u2019s membership in the European Union and is ready to share its accession experience. I invited the prime minister to visit Kyiv and thanked him for his invitation to come to Bratislava. We also discussed the possibility of meeting in person in the near future. Our teams will work out the schedule&#8221;<\/em>, the Ukrainian president <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/18847\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there had been unusual activity observed the previous day along sections of Ukraine\u2019s border with Belarus, originating from the Belarusian side. &#8220;Yesterday, rather unusual activity was observed along sections of the Ukraine-Belarus border \u2014 from the Belarusian side. We are closely monitoring and controlling everything and, if necessary, will respond. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":538721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69f622c1bed3e.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Zelensky Reports Unusual Activity on Border With Belarus"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118,143123],"class_list":["post-538722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus","tag-ukraina"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538722","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}