Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition in exile, arrived in the Ukrainian capital for her first official visit. She met with, among others, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha. What is the role and significance of the Belarusian democratic opposition for Ukraine? This was Tsikhanouskaya’s first visit to Ukraine. Before 2026, Ukraine’s relations with the Belarusian opposition remained very limited. The breakthrough occurred at