Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus' regime.
Here is an overview of the Movement on May 12.
Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians
- The BYSOL Foundation sent a large Ford Transit to Belarusians of the Prague Support Team, Czech Republic, who support Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine and deliver equipment, gear and humanitarian aid.
- Since the beginning of the war, Russia has been sending saboteurs to Ukraine. Some of them pretended to be Belarusians fleeing the regime. Belarusians developed a test for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to uncover Russian saboteurs posing as Belarusian political refugees.
- Pavel Latushka held a meeting with the Political Director of the Croatian Foreign Ministry, Petar Mihatov. Croatia considers the regime a co-aggressor in the war and will continue pressure on the illegitimate government.
- Belarusians in Szczecin, Poland, honored the memory of Ukrainian children killed by Russian troops.
- U.S. Ambassador Julie Fischer and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robin Dunigan met with the head of the BYSOL Foundation Andrei Stryzhak and assured him that the U.S. distinguishes between Belarusians and the regime.
- Belarusian and Ukrainian developers of Look Out My Window, an AR app which allows users to share views from their windows and see views from other locations, replaced all the content in the app with the videos of destroyed Ukrainian cities.
- The Seimas of Lithuania held political consultations on Belarus: Belarusians will not face discrimination at the government level in Lithuania, and a tribunal will be created for the regime.
- Belarusians held a rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to support Ukrainian activist Irina Zemlyana, who doused the Russian ambassador with red paint in Poland.
- Ukraine will renew issuing residence permits to Belarusians.
- The Dissidentby initiative launched a platform to help political prisoners find jobs. This is important, as most employers are unwilling to hire them in view of the risks of persecution.
Sabotage
- The Hajun project, which monitors the movements of Russian troops in Belarus, released an operational summary for the day.
- Hajun also reviewed the Belarusian propaganda narratives about the war in Ukraine. The propaganda broken record again speculated on alleged “bio-laboratories” in the country.
Resistance
- Belarusians painted anti-regime messages in Minsk.
- The Belarus Mothers' Union, in partnership with a legal organization, introduced a legal algorithm for soldiers and their parents to avoid draft and mobilization.
- A Belarusian protested against the war near the Russian consulate in Brest. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail.
Awareness campaign
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor Franak Viacorka, in an interview to A Country to Live in Foundation, talked about the democratic forces’ unity, a Representative Office in Kyiv, the Office’s cooperation with Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine, and more.
- Belarusian women’s rights activists Maryna Mentusava, Nasta Bazar, Yauheniya Dougaya and a Kastus Kalinouski Battalion volunteer explained the scale of rape in war, spoke on what it feels like to be a refugee for the second time, and gave an overview of Belarusians’ support for Ukraine: Belarusians volunteer, organize fundraisers and supply aid, train military medics and deliver equipment.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gave an interview to the RFE/RL Belarusian service and told to what extent the future of Belarus depends on the outcome of the war and on Belarusians themselves.
- MOST journalists talked to Belarusians volunteering in Ukraine, including in the war zone.
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