Posted on 10/06/2022 4:40:36 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Belarus’ opposition leader said Wednesday that she believes Russian military setbacks in Ukraine could shake the hold on power of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
“We have a distracted Russia that is about to lose this war. It won’t be able to prop Lukashenko up with money and military support as in 2020,” said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, speaking at a security conference in Warsaw.
Tsikhanouskaya fled to Lithuania after Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in disputed August 2020 elections that were viewed in the West as fraudulent, and which many thought she won.
She said that hundreds of Belarusian volunteers have supported Ukrainians in their recent liberation of Ukrainian territory.
“As I speak, a Belarusian battalion is part of Ukraine’s counter-offensive chasing the invaders away. We all understand that the speed of changes at the Ukrainian front opens new opportunities for Belarus. And it’s moving so fast,” she said at the Warsaw Security Forum.
“We keep our fingers crossed for our military volunteers in Ukraine. Fifteen lost their lives already.” she said.
Russia is facing mounting setbacks in Ukraine as Ukrainian forces retake more and more land in the east and in the south — the very regions Russia has said it seeks to annex.
Tsikhanouskaya hailed the Belarusian partisans who carried out acts of sabotage early in the war on the railway system in Belarus to hamper the Russians in their assault on Ukraine, and said Belarusians would continue to oppose the war as they can.
“We are preparing our partisans, you know, to act decisively at this very moment. The acts of sabotage that took place in February and March can be repeated again, though people who are making these acts of sabotage can face death penalty,” she said.
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Ah yes the same Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who wants to make it legal to mutilate genitals of young children because NATO told them it is OK to believe you are the other gender...
I don’t trust the AP.
A+ info
Kamil Galeev says Lukashenka is smart and unlucky and could be terrible and Putin is a dumb gangster finding himself at the premier position of a nuclear dictatorship.
The usual Putinoids will say that “globohomos” threaten to take over Belarus.
The Ukrainians are handling the Russians quite well, so the Belarus rabble would be well advised to understand they’d be a mere afterthought on the battlefield.
“The usual Putinoids will say that “globohomos” threaten to take over Belarus.”
You mean people saying the truth?
“Queer Activists Have Been at the Forefront of the Protests Since the Beginning” — LGBT+ lead fight in chaotic Belarus”
With all of the lies being thrown about by the Deep State and their useful tool the US Media, and the Russian Mob, including Putin, and their useful tools, the one truth that is undeniable is that this campaign is not going the way the Russians thought it would. The US and European Deep State are emptying their armories to stop Putin and his ambitions, and Putin is losing his grip a bit. For those who are flaming anyone who suggests Russian victory, or Russian loss and Ukrainian victory, get a grip. We really don’t know a damn thing, so please don’t be roasting others who are trying to debate the questions. If you want to debate, DEBATE, don’t castigate.
Just another great display of work by the deep state/Biden admin arm — the Associated Press.
Tell us another story, will you?
Update on Russian operations in Ukraine for October 5, 2022
- Latest US aid package falls far short of replacing steep Ukrainian losses amid continued offensives;
- Ukraine’s offensive has limited capabilities, will not achieve “victory” over Russian forces in territory deemed “Ukrainian” by Kiev;
- Ukrainian offensive is an “all-or-nothing” proposition, hoping to achieve psychological and political gains toward ending the conflict in ways Ukrainian military force cannot;
- Western analysts celebrate the psychological impact the offensive is having on pro-Russian media, pundits, and even prominent members of Russian society;
- In reality, Ukraine will be left overextended and vulnerable just as Russia’s 300,000-strong mobilization begins shaping the battlefield.
In Ukrainian channels, information about the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared. They refer to the data of the General Staff.
Here is what the military-political leadership of Ukraine hides:
- the staffing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains at the level of 43-48%;
- losses among military personnel - more than 191 thousand killed and wounded;
- statistics on missing persons are not maintained; - medicine is working at its limit, the seriously wounded are taken through Poland for treatment in European countries (Germany, France, Italy);
- an acute shortage of small arms and body armor;
- the resource of some samples of equipment transferred by the allies is ending (the first batches of American M777, M109, new Panzerhaubitse 2000 and MARS II);
- the lack of qualified specialists in the operation of Western weapons, so the equipment is operated by people without a deep understanding of the materiel;
- a problem with consumables, especially hydraulics and liquid nitrogen, necessary for M777 howitzers;
- in the field, an automated fire control system does not last long, fragments and dust are killed quickly enough; there are no opportunities for repairs on the spot, we have to send them to Poland, where there are spare parts and specialists.
In addition, the MPS of Ukrainian military personnel remains at a low level, despite the recent information campaign to distribute “encouraging” materials on social networks and organized concerts.
Such a deplorable state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can only testify to one thing - they do not have long to exist.
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