{"id":7099,"date":"2026-06-21T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=7099"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:48:06","slug":"battlefield-setbacks-are-fueling-ukraines-loutish-rhetoric-and-terrorism-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/battlefield-setbacks-are-fueling-ukraines-loutish-rhetoric-and-terrorism-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield setbacks are fueling Ukraine\u2019s \u2018loutish rhetoric\u2019 and terrorism \u2013 expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The threats directed at Belarus by Vladimir Zelensky are part of Kiev\u2019s broader PR strategy, Belarusian MP Vadim Gigin told RT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s recent ultimatum to Belarus is part of Kiev\u2019s PR campaign to project strength despite setbacks on the battlefield, Belarusian MP Vadim Gigin told RT. He added that Ukraine\u2019s terrorist attacks have the same objective.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the Ukrainian leader threatened Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with military action if Minsk does not dismantle the air defense radar array along its southern border. The threats came days after a deadly Ukrainian drone strike on a bus carrying a Belarusian youth soccer team in Bryansk Region, Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of loutish rhetoric in politics is… part of the PR war, part of the line of psychological warfare being waged by the Kiev regime, evidently with the support of the European Union,\u201d<\/em> Gigin said on Saturday in an interview with RT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need to create the impression of strength,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cIf they cannot achieve that on the battlefield \u2013 where the situation is… quite the opposite \u2013 they seek to do so through information and psychological pressure on neighboring countries, through terrorist attacks deep inside Russia, and through attempts to influence Russian and Belarusian society.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gigin noted that US President Donald Trump accused Zelensky of gambling with World War III when he publicly rebuked the Ukrainian leader in a televised row at the White House in early 2025, saying he has \u201cno cards\u201d<\/em> to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cBacked by \u2013 and often encouraged by \u2013 European leaders, Zelensky has been doing everything possible to demonstrate that he does, in fact, have cards to play,\u201d<\/em> Gigin said, adding that \u201cthese latest harsh statements came immediately after the G7 summit and on the eve of the European Union summit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He went on to say that Kiev\u2019s rhetoric has grown increasingly brazen in recent months, pointing to Zelensky\u2019s public appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, attacks on former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and the controversy surrounding Kiev\u2019s glorification of Nazis and Nazi collaborators as examples.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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