Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Monday her country was under de facto "military occupation" by Russia as she urged the EU to maintain pressure on the regime of leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addresses the nation in an unknown location in Lithuania, in this still image taken from handout video released August 17, 2020. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Headquarters/ Handout via REUTERS/ File photo
"I have to say that Belarus is de facto under military occupation," Tsikhanouskaya told AFP after meeting EU foreign ministers in Brussels. The announcement of the joint deployment last month between Belarus and Russia fueled fears that Minsk could be gearing up to send its troops into Ukraine just as the Kremlin's Russian forces have been pushed back.
Tsikhanouskaya lives in exile after fleeing abroad in the face of veteran leader Lukashenko's brutal crackdown launched when he claimed victory over her at polls in 2020 seen as stolen by the West.
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