Belarus about to declare war on Ukraine, says former Ukrainian defence minister

[inanna]

12:01

Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Ukraine’s former defence minister, says Belarus is about to declare war on Ukraine, writes Luke Harding in Lviv.


Zagorodnyuk reports:

“Republic of Belarus is highly likely to join the Russian war against Ukraine. On Russian side. There is an information about airborne troopers from Republic of Belarus loaded on the planes to enter Ukraine.

This is a terrible development as it involves a country, which until very recently was a great friend of Ukraine; which people always considered Ukraine as a brotherly nation. Ukraine and Belarus has never been to war one with another in their many hundred years of history.

We believe that the only reason for that decision was personal demand from President of Russia, which completely depends from Putin in its policy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/27/russia-ukraine-latest-news-missile-strikes-on-oil-facilities-reported-as-some-russian-banks-cut-off-from-swift-system-live?page=with:block-621b67a08f0873d0384b20ba#block-621b67a08f0873d0384b20ba

[hlthe2b]

1. Uggh. I have to admit my kneejerk thought hearing that was wishing an airstrike against Belarus IF

that happens. Fortunately, my kneejerk responses are not those of the more measured NATO commanders. I certainly do not wish to move us closer to WWIII. This just incites so much anger...

[SunSeeker]

2. Sickening. The dictators of Russia and Belarus are monsters.

May they burn in Hell for all eternity.

[brush]

3. That's what Ukraine doesn't want to have to do.

Take orders from Putin and jump to his tune.

[SunSeeker]

6. Exactly. Once you relinquish your freedom to a dictator, you loose everything. nt

[gab13by13]

4. Then Belarus needs to be sanctioned, now.

[SunSeeker]

7. +1

[Native]

5. This is so heart-rending.

[inanna]

8. Yes it is. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Second attempt at airborne crack troops

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Reinforcements - "When a potentate aint' so potent in his state he summons help fast"

- Sparks, Propaganda

[secondwind]

10. MONEY SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS...

Belarus is now compromised...

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

11. Remember this?

Accused Capitol Insurrectionist From Mill Valley Has Fled to Belarus Seeking Asylum

A Marin County man accused of punching two officers during the Trump Capitol insurrection has run off to Belarus to avoid the charges, complaining of “political persecution.”
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If we are to believe Neumann’s version of events, he says he’s has quite a ride since he learned in March that the feds were charging him. “He said he flew to the EU in March under the guise of a business trip and then traveled to Switzerland by train,” according to BuzzFeed. “From there, he said he drove to Germany and onward to Poland. He then crossed into Ukraine and settled in central Zhytomyr in mid-March. He rented an apartment there for four months, he said, before he decided to flee that country, as well.”

He claims he was also being tracked by government authorities in Ukraine. “I wouldn’t dare ask for asylum until the (Security Service of Ukraine) started following me in Ukraine, two weeks later. It’s horrible,” he told the station Belarus 1, according to KPIX. “And this is a level that I can’t do anything about.”

The U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with Belarus, so who knows, maybe Neumann will get away with this, and he’s Belarus' problem now. According to Buzzfeed, only three of the 650-plus people who've been charged in the insurrection have evaded arrest or failed to show up in court.

https://sfist.com/2021/11/08/accused-capitol-insurrectionist-from-mill-valley-has-fled-to-belarus-seeking-asylum/

Maybe the MAGAT King and his loyal subjects should all move to Belarus to avoid prosecution, or just move there because it has a government more in line with their fascist beliefs. Now they might even get a chance to fight in a war for Putin, the MAGAT King's "genius" hero.

[underpants]

12. I don't think I'd seen that story.

Thanks.

[blue-wave]

13. So Pooty wants to now start killing

young Belarusian men and women. The Russian losses are bad so he's gonna share the death and destruction with young Belarusians. The guy is evil.