The Belarusian opposition reacted to the news that Russia and Belarus want to continue their military exercises on the border with Ukraine with great concern that the situation could escalate further. “The EU and the NATO states should immediately impose severe sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko’s regime“Demanded Franak Viacorka, high-ranking adviser to the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tichanovskaya, in an interview with the editorial network Germany (RND/Montag).
The presence of Russian troops in Belarus violates the country’s constitution and international law, Viacorka said. In view of the tensions over the Russian troop deployment on the border with Ukraine, this makes Belarus an aggressor. “We know exactly why this is happening,” Viacorka said. Lukashenko was thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support after the rigged presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020.