‼️‼️BELARUSIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE!‼️‼️
It's not a typical news post; it's a personal one from one of "Pray for Belarus" founders.
Our beloved community. Thank you for supporting us all this time. There is something I want to clarify regarding the participation of the Belarusians in the war against Ukraine.
As you might know, following our news for 1.5 years, Belarusian people are the regime's hostages. Thousands of people are in jails, hundreds of thousands fled the country.
All those Belarusian abroad are doing their best to help Ukraine: they provide intelligence and updates, collect money, accommodate refugees. Some of them actually stay in Ukraine, and they pick up the machine guns and pick up the fights on the streets as volunteers.
There are people inside the country who use guerilla tactics to help Ukraine. Yes, you can blame them for not going for the street protests. But let's face it – everyone who actively participated in the rally is either being prosecuted by the regime or fled the country. A couple of thousand people who would dare to protest today or tomorrow would go to jail. Or the regime would kill them. There is enough Russian military in the country to deal with them.
European leaders expressed their concern in 2020 and 2021 when Lukashenka had been destroying Belarus. But they didn't do anything. No sanctions, no actual prosecution of the dictator and his closest circle. And now we all have got what we've got.
Sanctions imposed on Belarus now won't make a difference for the dictator. We're all at war. However, it makes a difference for over one million Belarusians outside of Belarus. Their bank accounts are being blocked all over the world. Their mobile contracts are being terminated in Ukraine. They are being treated as if they are enemies. But they are the hostages here. And they are doing as much as they can to help Ukraine because there is hope for them. When Ukrainians win the war – there is hope for the Belarusians to get their country back.
And you can help them do it by assisting Ukraine to fight against both bloody dictators. And you can help them by not judging them. And please, help them to get their country back.
Slava Ukraini! Zhyve Belarus!