WUB Hub News

We are pleased to publish a Policy Report in connection with the European Belarus Forum conference held in Brussels on 13 December 2025, which focused on practical strategy-making for Belarus's future peace and prosperity.

The Policy Report proposes five strategic priorities for European states and non-state actors in their policy on Belarus. These relate to: ensuring that the peace negotiations over Ukraine also help to secure Belarus's future independence; capacity-building for the Belarusian democracy movement; continuing to press for the release of political prisoners and holding the Lukashenka regime accountable for its human rights abuses; working towards Belarus's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions; and promoting economic support and reform for Belarus's future transition.

The report is available here. Click on the heading for more details.

The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub convened its webinar 'Ukraine-Belarus Relations in the Context of Lukashenka's "Election"'. The speakers were: Alexander Shlyk, special adviser on elections to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Oleg Dunda, a member of the Ukrainian parliament; Gwendolyn Sasse, director of the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); and Pavlo Rad, research analyst at Ukrainian Prism. Recordings of all webinars in the series are available on our website here.

The UK government today issued a joint statement with Australia, Canada, the European Union and New Zealand condemning the presidential 'election' in Belarus on 26 January. Condemning the 'sham elections and the ongoing human rights violations', the signatories call for the release of 'over 1,250 political prisoners unjustly detained.' The UK and Canada also announced new sanctions on Belarus. Click on the headline above for more details.