Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest.
Here is an overview of the Movement on March 15.
Resistance
- Activists carried out anti-war operations in Minsk and Brest. They distributed leaflets and wrote anti-war slogans on buildings, including the military conscription office.
- Partisans crippled a railway section near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, disrupting the work of an intermediate block signal and rendering the equipment in the relay cabinet inoperable. For some time, the railway section has been almost unavailable for hauling Russian military equipment.
- Belarusians in Vitsebsk wrote Glory to Ukraine on freshly printed bills.
- Belarusians keep pushing deputies to speak out on the war. They might follow the guide released by the Honest People initiative.
Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians
- Kulturverein Belarus e.V. and other associations of Belarusians in the Southwest of Germany (Frankfurt and Baden-Württemberg) collected and sent two trucks of aid to FreeShop Partyzanka in Poland. Some of the aid will be redirected to Ukraine. The consignment includes medications and other means of medical care, shoes and layered clothing, dry rations and canned food, and other relevant aid.
- Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Pavel Latushka, had a call with Czech Senator Jiří Drahoš. They discussed the Lukashenka regime's involvement in the war against Ukraine and the need to hold the regime accountable.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's team found out that Belarusians in Poland are eligible for receiving free certificates confirming their temporary protection if they fled from Ukraine.
- The Digital Solidarity platform launched personal fundraisers for Ukrainians affected by the war. They can apply using the google form. Volunteers will check the application, and once the fundraiser is approved, it will appear in the app and on the website.
- Belarusians of London joined rallies in support of Ukraine.
Awareness campaign
- During the working visit to Switzerland, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya went live on Instagram with former political prisoner Natallia Hersche. They talked about political prisoner's daily life behind bars and discussed how to support them during the war.
- A representative of Supolka, the community of Belarusian diaspora in Italy, spoke at the regional congress of Emilia-Romagna. She told Italians about Belarusians and Belarus, explaining the difference between the flags, mentioning Belarusians' support for Ukrainians, political prisoners in Belarus, and cases of discrimination against Belarusians motivated by their citizenship.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's representative Anatoli Liabedzka held an anti-war Youtube live stream, with Ms. Tsikhanouksaya's representative on elections Alexander Shlyk and politician Valery Tsapkala answering questions.
