Ukraine should become a kind of mediator and "lawyer" of Belarus in the international arena in order to get the country out of Russian control.

Such an opinion on the air "The Observer. LIVE "blogger, historian Yuri Gudimenko.

"Considering that the Russian economy has strongly subsided, it may offer less to Belarus than Ukraine, which can speak for itself and a little bit of the EU. Belarus can calmly talk with Ukraine about anything, realizing that it speaks to part of this large European project, "he said..

According to Gudimenko, for this Ukraine already has certain arguments.

"We already have at least one argument why we should become a more visible country in the international arena. We already have a very strong army. This is our trump card, because we say: "Guys, we are defending you here a little bit from these," added the historian.

He also stressed the importance for Ukraine of changing the foreign policy of Belarus and Transnistria.

"Secondly, our key task is to make sure that we are not surrounded by a ring of" friendly people ". We have Belarus in the north, and there are Russian military. The same story with Transnistria. We are stupidly surrounded as a state. Our task is that these countries either cease to exist as Transnistria in the form in which it exists.

Either they chose the European model of development and stopped being a threat, they ceased to be allies of Russia, "he concluded..

As the "Observer" wrote, in September a number of Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2017" will be held at several training ranges in Russia and Belarus.. Moscow considers their response to the strengthening of NATO in Eastern Europe. In maneuvers will be involved about 3000 Russian servicemen and 280 units of military equipment.

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