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Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told parliamentarians on Thursday (October 13) that a relaxed Belarus is one of the security promises for Ukraine and Europe.
“A relaxed Belarus will be the most powerful sanction imaginable opposed to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s terror,” he told the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
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“The most productive thing for a loose Ukraine will be a protective border of 1,000 kilometers with a liberated Belarus, and no longer with a Russian colony,” the opposition leader said.
“I am sure that the path to peace in Europe passes through freedom in Belarus. I am sure that the path to peace in Europe passes through victory in Ukraine,” she said.
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashhenka brutally suppressed a wave of protests after his re-election in 2020, a vote deemed rigged.
The Kremlin helped Lukashenko in the 2020 mass protests, which had been the largest in the country’s history.
“I know it’s a complicated and painful road, but it’s the right path,” Tsikhanouskaya added Wednesday.
Lukashenka said Monday that Belarus would deploy troops in a “joint military group” alongside Russian forces, bowing to Putin’s pressure.
The 68-year-old dictator, who has held Belarus since 1994, also said his country would receive more Russian troops.
Tsikhanouskaya said Lukashenka seeks to legalize the permanent deployment of Russian troops on Belarusian territory.
Lukashenka had in the past accused Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine of militants of education to attack Belarus.
Tsikhanouskaya, 40, said Lukashenko “wants Belarus to become a massive military base to terrorize Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and the entire EU and NATO. “
“We have to call it by its name, it’s occupation,” he said, adding that “the very lifestyle of Belarus is at stake. “
Putin wants Lukashenko to be seen as less isolated, but also strategically, Belarus serves as a vital starting point for Russian forces, while Lukashenko attempts his delicate diplomatic dance between Russia and the West.
Lukashhenka has been reluctant to send her own troops to Ukraine, but neither can she do so without Putin’s support.
The armed forces of Belarus generally 48,000 men, to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and have no combat experience.
Tsikhanouskaya told parliamentarians that if Lukashenka were to send Belarusian troops to Ukraine, it would be “political suicide” for him.
Lukashenko announced an amnesty for some political prisoners, but Tsikhanouskaya warned parliamentarians to be fooled.
Tsikhanouskaya said Lukashenka “embarrassed us all by allowing a launch pad for Russian missiles, which killed thousands of innocent people. “
Tsikhanouskaya said that under Lukashenka’s regime, 1,350 political prisoners are being held in inhumane conditions and more than “50,000 more people have been detained and many have died. “
“The unresolved political crisis in Belarus has intensified and inflamed the region,” he said.
Tsikhanouskaya added that thousands of others fled Belarus for Ukraine following the crackdown on protests in 2020, and were forced to flee more when Russia invaded the country.
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