In Belarus, Russia's Partner in Ukraine Invasion, There Is "No Possibility" of Dissent on War

Ukraine says Belarus could become directly involved in the Russian invasion. This comes as Russia sent thousands of troops to Belarus to attack Ukraine from the north and NATO has accused the Russian Air Force of flying warplanes from airfields in Belarus last week. We all know, see and understand that the territory of Belarus is used for conducting the war against Ukraine," says Natallia Satsunkevich, an activist with the leading independent Belarusian human rights group Viasna. She links the degradation of civil society in Belarus to the criminalization of human rights actors and protesters. Satsunkevich also says the referendum vote on housing Russian nuclear weapons was unfair, and describes how Putin's backing of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus has worsened human rights in the country.