On July 18, 2022, Ukrainian political prisoner, ethnic Belarusian Mikhail Kononovich addressed the Belarusian opposition and its leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who talk about political prisoners in Belarus, but do not remember Belarusians in prisons in Ukraine:

“I want to address, as a Belarusian of Ukraine, to the so-called opposition, Tikhanovskaya, to those who are at the mercy of the West and the United States.

Which of the Belarusians did you pull out of the dungeons of the Zelensky regime?

Do you even know how many Belarusians are in prisons in Ukraine? How are you helping them?

You run around Europe, the USA, tell stories, ask them for money. Who exactly did you help?

Do you know why we, brothers Kononovich, are in prison? What article? How were we arrested? What did they do to us? How many citizens of Belarus are in the pre-trial detention center in Kyiv?

Why don't you collect bail in Europe and don't help Belarusians in prisons here? Why are you silent if you consider yourself defenders?"