Today, the Lithuanian Seimas launched the two-day Kalinowski Conference. The Belarusian leader spoke at the opening, calling for keeping Belarus on the agenda. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya also emphasized the importance of aid to Ukraine and noted that Belarus is the weakest link in Putin’s military machine.
Here are the most notable quotes from her speech:
📌 “Today, the fate of freedom, democracy, and nations’ right to self-determination in our region is being decided again. It is being decided on the frontlines of Ukraine. It is also being decided in Belarus, in Moldova. And we are all up against the same empire again”.
📌 “The empire is trying to destroy not only the right of our people to exist independently but also their very identity – language, culture, historical memory, European values. Russians do this to facilitate and justify further aggression”.
📌 “Tyrants may destroy cities overnight, torture people to death in prisons, and rewrite textbooks, but they will never succeed in destroying the heroic spirit of our peoples”.
After her speech, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya gave the floor to the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment fighters, who noted:
“Today, Belarusians shed blood for Ukraine because only Ukraine’s victory will give a chance for the liberation of Belarus and protect European countries from Russian aggression in the near future”.
The conference with translation is broadcast at the link.
