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Defense against enemy sabotage and reconnaissance troops: The Belarusian army also tried this scenario on Monday not far from the borders with Poland and Lithuania. The recordings were released by the military and broadcast on state television.
The ruler Lukashenko had previously declared that the demonstrations in the former Soviet republic were controlled “from outside”. He had repeatedly threatened to use the army. The move not far from the EU border underscores the threat and distracts from internal protests.
This continued unabated: in the capital Minsk, hundreds of students boycotted the start of the new academic year on Tuesday and protested against the regime. The security forces intervened and several students were arrested.
Last Sunday, numerous people were arrested in a demonstration with more than 100,000 participants. The ruler Lukashenko had deployed armored personnel carriers and promised possible reforms.
The opposition was not impressed: it announced the founding of a new party through a video message: “Wmestje” – translated: “Together”.
Maria Kolesnikowa, co-founder of “Vmestye”
“In the last three months we have achieved more together than in the last 26 years. Together we have collected more than half a million signatures. Together we have fought and will continue to fight for freedom and for our future.”
The new party wants to work for a constitutional change. Only with a limitation of the president’s term, the separation of powers and the strengthening of parliament could there be a new system of government, he said.
