(Statement)
1.
A „strong” response promised by Mr. Putin to the West is not yet
completed but it has just become a reality. Russian troops were being
moved into Belarus. The occupation process is continuing. Russian
troops from whole Russia are moving up. 200 military trains are en
route. Every train has 50 wagons (totally 10 thousand wagons). They
are bringing the military equipment as well as 80-100 thousand
troops. This is more than the whole Belarusan army.
2.
The illegitimate impostor of the state power Aliaksandr Lukashenka
has agreed to move the Russian troops into Belarus under the guise of
Russian training exercises on the territory of Belarus in order to
pose a threat to Ukraine.
The
Constitution and the laws of Belarus as well as the principles of
international law have been grossly violated.
3.
The occupation has been provoked by the aggressive Putin's politics
as well as by the impostor Lukashenka's high treason. The West has
contributed to the process of occupation by its economic sanctions
against Belarus. These sanctions have been inspired by Moscow and
covered with rhetoric used by the pro-Russian opposition group of P.
Latushka and S. Tsikhanouskaya.
4.
To date, the situation has sharply changed. The process of Russian
occupation is moving quickly and the international community remains
silent. Russia is using the moment when the international community
has fixed its attention on the artificially manipulated Russian
threat to attack Ukraine. At the same time Russia is quietly
occupying Belarus.
Moscow
is planning to take control of the state institutions, industrial
enterprises as well as strategic objects of Belarus. The media have
provided information regarding the Russian plan.
5.
Strategically, the Russian occupation of the Belarusan “territorial
balcony” is a blow to the NATO and the whole EU policy with
disastrous geopolitical consequences.
This
is the first result of the Russian aggression as well as of the
short-sighted Western policy towards Belarus.
6.
The Russian occupation could be a disaster for Belarus. This
disaster is taking place.
It
is the only road to prevent the disaster -- to fight against the
occupants. The people must rebuild the underground movement and the
Belarusan Liberation Army (BLA). It is necessary to be battle-ready
in short time and to start the resistance using the guerrilla tactics
while occupants are arriving in the military trains.
7.
The threat of the occupation transforms our territory into a
military bridgehead from which the Putins’aggressors
intent to attack other countries. These countries will strike back
the Belarusian territory, our houses and our people. Thus Moscow
intends to implement its aggressive and criminal plans and to leave
the Belarusan people exposed to the mortal threat.
Belarusian
people, remember: under the occupation and during the dirty and
foreign war provoked by the Russian occupants from our country any
human or political differences will have any importance anymore apart
the treason and the Russian enemy in front of us. Bombs will fall on
everybody. Our nation must be united against Putin’s
Russia and the Russian occupants in a situation where our national
existence is threatened.
Let
us stand in defense of our Homeland!
Occupants,
out
of
Belarus!
Long
live
free
Belarus!
January
23, 2022
Zianon
PAZNIAK (on behalf of the Belarusan National Secretariat Free
Belarus)