Lukashenka does not lose hope of worming his way into the peace processAlyaksandr Klaskouski notes that Alyaksandr Lukashenka's address to the Ukrainian people was propagandistic. In it, the politician wished all citizens of Ukraine health and prosperity, and their country peace and happiness. The congratulatory message stated Lukashenka's confidence that, "despite geopolitical upheavals, future generations of Belarusians and Ukrainians will preserve their age-old friendly and familial ties, while Minsk and Kyiv will restore mutually beneficial cooperation based on principles of trust, respect, and equality." It also noted that "the historical destinies of the Belarusian and Ukrainian peoples are closely intertwined," and that the nations "are bound by centuries-old traditions, the memory of shared victories, and severe trials."“While [Sviatlana] Tsikhanouskaya addressed both President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy specifically and the people, Lukashenka pointedly – as is always the case with so-called unfriendly countries – addresses only the people. This is still a Soviet ideological stereotype that there is an anti-people government and simple people are groaning under a yoke and so forth. In reality, this is a description of what is happening in Belarus,” Klaskouski says.The analyst draws attention to the fact that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke in her address about the present day: Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine, rail partisans, and so on. Lukashenka, on the other hand, spoke of centuries-old traditions because he has nothing real to say.