#Krakow main square on #Ukraine independence day - it has been preempted by a dozen or so of what looked like #Polish ultranationalists suggesting " #Poland had enough of the Banderovites" (there were three times more police than protesters) but they couldn't spoil the mood of hundreds of #Ukrainian and #Belarusian #refugees , celebrating indepent #Ukraine's 32nd birthday

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3 ys ago today the streets of #Belarus filled with protesters, after the electoral body announced the victory of the incumbent (for 26 ys) #Lukashnka over #Tsihanouskaya Massive protest rallies were held, for months, under the now banned white-red-white (b-ch-b in short in #Belarusian ) despite a massive violent crackdown. Some were shot, thousands arrested, tortured. Among them Maria #Kalesnikava , an opposition leader, being held #incommunicado for the last 6 months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66384662

#Polish #helicopters now patrol the border between #Poland and #Belarus due to #Belarusian low-flying #military #airspace violations by two of their helicopters at #Białowieża on August 1st. Polish helicopters are authorised to fire immediately.

Tension is increasing.

Remember: Poland is a #NATO country

Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Due to the increased #Wagner presence, #Poland will deploy more troops to its border with #Belarus after two #Belarusian helicopters entered #Polish airspace at low altitudes, hampering radar detection.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/02/europe/poland-belarus-wagner-nato-tensions-intl/index.html

Быў выпушчаны фанацкі пераклад RimWorld на беларускую мову.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3008168437
#rimworld #belarusian

Seven years ago, journalist Pavel #Sheremet was killed in the center of #Kyiv as a result of a car explosion. He was considered a personal enemy of the #Belarusian dictator Alexander #Lukashenko. https://t.co/NNyVZNVenU #press

#Belarusian Hajun project: large convoy of PMC #Wagner vehicles arrives in #Belarus

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/07/15/belarusian-hajun-project-large-convoy-of-pmc-wagner-vehicles-arrives-in-belarus-en-news
V novayagazeta.eu

#Belarusian #Belarus #Meme

Mai Dantsig, 'Hot summer of childhood' (1981)

#art #hot #summer #heat #childhood #Soviet #Belarusian #painter #Belarus #painting

#Lukashenko replies: "And my friend #Xi Jinping and my Big Brother President #Putin ."

"But these are not your #weapons we're talking about," I point out. "They're #Russian ones. It's not your decision to take."

"In #Ukraine a whole army is fighting with foreign weapons, isn't it," the #Belarusian leader retorts. "#Nato weapons. Because they've run out of their own. So why can't I fight with someone else's weapons?"(cont.)

Latest

#Belarusian President #Lukashenko on what will happen to #Wagner boss #Prigohzin:
"Well, everything happens in life"

Any ideas on how that might be interpreted, hmmm?

#SlavaUkraini #StopPutinNOW

#Belarusian leader approved forced transfers of Ukrainian children, says opposition figure...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/28/russia-ukraine-war-belarus-children-icc/d710cbe4-15b2-11ee-9de3-ba1fa29e9bec_story.html?s=09

The #belarusian government has granted fugitive Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash a diplomatic role in Vienna, allowing him to remain in #Austria and evade extradition to the #USA where he faces corruption charges, German broadcaster DW reported on June 27.

Firtash's position as an advisor for Belarus's permanent representation to international organizations in #Vienna has been confirmed by the Higher Regional Court of Vienna.

Read more here🔗 https://english.nv.ua/nation/belarus-attempts-to-shield-firtash-from-extradition-to-us-report-says-news-50335013.html

#Ukraine 🇺🇦

#Belarusian Hajun reports that two business jets landed at #Machulishchy military airfield ( #Minsk district). One (RA-02795) belongs to #Prigozhin . The second (RA-02878) flew from St Petersburg...
The opposition there calls the potential moving / deployment of #Wagner in #Belarus - a threat to #Ukraine & the #EU

The Rada of the #Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile posthumously awarded the Order of the Iron Knight to #Belarusian Miraslau Lazouski, who died in #Ukraine.

Lazouski was killed near #Bakhmut while covering other Belarusian volunteers.

The Order of the Iron Knight is the… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1673375658657955860 #press

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/06/26/the-peacemaker-of-slavic-civilization

Journalists from the independent #Belarusian outlet #Zerkalo spent the following day watching state television to see how their country’s #propaganda news channels would cover the perplexing saga. #Meduza is publishing an abridged translation of their report.

#Belarus #Lukashenko #Prigozin

In #Belarus, 3 criminal cases were opened against the director of the #Belarusian House in #Warsaw Ales Zarembiuk. Under what articles the process has been started is still unknown.

Searches were carried out at his place of registration and residence. #press

#Belarusian dissident Vadim Prokopyev was sentenced to 25 years in prison in absentia. #press

THIS JUST IN: ISU announced today that the ban on #Russian and #Belarusian athletes will remain in force.

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