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Russia deliberate an invasion of Belarus after its contested 2020 election, the intelligence division of Ukraine’s Ministry of Protection claimed, publishing newly unearthed paperwork.
The paperwork reveal the preparation of the first Panzer Army of Russia for the invasion and seize of Belarus, the ministry claimed Tuesday.
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“After the falsification of the presidential election in Belarus, the Russian Federation developed a plan to invade and suppress standard protests,” the Ukrainian company claimed. “The occupation of Belarus was deliberate below the pretext of avoiding Russia’s involvement ‘within the European continental area in a regional or large-scale struggle with NATO member states within the West.’”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, proper, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photograph throughout their assembly in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 11, 2022.
((Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photograph through AP))
The ministry highlighted a doc entitled, “Legend of the plan to regroup items and navy items of the first Panzer Army within the space of the duty.”
Belarus held a presidential election on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, with early voting operating from Aug. 4 to Aug. 8. The Central Election Fee reported that incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko received the election with simply over 80% of the vote. He has received each presidential election since 1994, but worldwide screens have condemned three of 4 of the elections as neither free nor truthful.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko watches navy drills through videoconference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. The Russian navy on Friday introduced large drills of its strategic nuclear forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee Saturday’s train, which can contain a number of apply launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, the Protection Ministry mentioned. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photograph through AP)
(Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photograph through AP)
Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya claimed to have received a decisive first-round victory with at the very least 60% of the vote, and her marketing campaign fashioned the Coordination Council to facilitate a switch of energy and acknowledged intentions to prepare “long-term protests” in opposition to the official outcomes. The European Union imposed sanctions on Belorusian officers deemed chargeable for “violence, repression and election fraud.”
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Russia’s relationship with Belarus has drawn new scrutiny amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, as Minsk faces strain to affix the struggle on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behalf.
{A photograph} taken on February 17, 2022, exhibits Belarus’ armored personnel provider (APC) throughout joint workout routines of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as a part of an inspection of the Union State’s Response Pressure, at a firing vary close to a city of Osipovichi exterior Minsk.
(Photograph by MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP through Getty Photographs)
