Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for March 24

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 24.

Resistance

• Priests of the Belarusian Orthodox Church made a stand against Russian Patriarch Kirill.
• Belarusian lecturer resigned from St. Petersburg University in protest against the war with Ukraine.

Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians

• The delegation of the Belarusian democratic forces arrived in Ukraine for a working visit.
• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Pavel Latushka called on the Polish Minister of Interior to broaden the law on assistance to Ukrainian refugees and include Belarusians in it.
• Belarusians of the Netherlands and Belgium took part in fundraising for an ambulance to send it to Ukraine.
• Belarusians put a “No to war” inscription on a tram in Minsk. Brest region residents installed a similar poster on the grave of World War I German soldiers.
• In Minsk, someone placed a Ukrainian flag near the National Library.
• Belarusians within the group of united anti-autoritarian forces in the Kyiv region fight against the Russian invaders.
• Belarusian athlete Anzhalika Katsiuha placed her World Championship medal at a charity auction in support of Ukrainian children.
• Belarusians of France launched a campaign to call on French companies to stop cooperation with Russia.
• Residents of the Belarusian town Lida expressed their support for the Ukrainian people in the war with Russia.
• The Honest People initiative exposed the Belarusian propaganda messages about the war with Ukraine. 
• Belarusians of Belgium joined the rally in support of Ukraine.
• Proceeds from the #BelarusWithUkraine concert in Tbilisi were donated to the Saint Nicholas Foundation to help the children of Ukraine.

Awareness campaign

• The New York Times wrote about the Belarusian Kastus Kalinoski battalion in Ukraine. 
• The Chestnaya Gazeta project released a new issue of leaflets about the war in Ukraine.
• Pavel Latushka, in an essay for UK-based The New European, urged to punish the Lukashenka regime for its complicity with the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine.