The leader of the Belarusian opposition assessed that most of the Belarusian soldiers do not want to participate in the war. In her opinion, democratic changes in Belarus “are closely connected with the success of Ukrainians in defending their independence.”
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya assessed that “there is no possibility that the regime” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the regime of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko “survived” the war in Ukraine. “(These leaders – ed.) have entered the road of no return,” she said in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica published on Tuesday.
“In a desperate need to retain power, Alexander Lukashenko sold Putin the sovereignty of Belarus, allowing our country to be used for aggression against Ukraine,” Tikhanovskaya said. “But he was wrong,” she stressed, citing a poll that showed only 3 percent. Belarusians support the war. As she stressed, more and more people are turning against her, staging protests and sabotage actions and putting pressure on soldiers not to participate in the conflict.
According to Tikhanovskaya, a large number of Belarusian soldiers do not want to participate in the war. “If Lukashenka joins it, there will be desertion, refusal to obey orders, and even spontaneous surrender to the Ukrainian army,” she stressed. In her opinion, democratic changes in Belarus “are closely connected with the success of Ukrainians in defending their independence.”