"Lukashenko And Putin Understand This"
- 6.07.2026, 10:27
Most Belarusians are against the war.
Natallia Radzina, editor-in-chief of the website Charter97.org, spoke in an interview with the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian news agency “UNIAN”, spoke about the mood in Belarus:
— The overwhelming majority of Belarusians are against this war. As for the situation, just today I read that the Special Rapporteur on Belarus presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council, stating that our country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of political prisoners per capita.
Can you imagine the level of repression taking place in Belarus today? In this situation, of course, people cannot openly speak out against the war or take part in anti-war demonstrations. But, without a doubt, people in Belarus do not want to participate in this war—let alone fight against Ukrainians. Lukashenko and Putin also understand that the Belarusian army, which has no combat experience, would absolutely not want to fight against Ukraine.
The year 2020 showed that Belarusians are not particularly susceptible to being brainwashed by propaganda, whether Belarusian or Russian. The protests that took place across the country—when about a million people took to the streets against Lukashenko—showed that propaganda doesn’t work.
The website “Charter ’97,” of which I am the editor-in-chief, writes extensively about Ukraine; we strive to provide our readers with as much information as possible about what is happening in your country. We are the most popular independent website, and despite being blocked, a very large number of people in Belarus read us. We can see from the statistics that the topic of Ukraine is extremely important—that Belarusians are reading about it and are interested in what is happening in your country. We know that we’ve also been able to raise awareness about the Belarusian army. Belarusians have always been more European; they’re mentally different from Russians. And here, of course, not even Russian television has been able to corrupt the Belarusians.