Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine participated in the preparation of a strong scenario for a change of power in the republic. He stressed that Minsk will not allow this.
According to him, in these countries “members of illegal armed groups are being trained and attempts are made to create dormant extremist cells directly in Belarus.”
According to the president, recent facts testify to this, for example, when “explosives are brought under the guise of a stove.”
“So we are preparing a strong scenario for power change. “We see this, we will not allow it,” said Lukashenka, who attended the 52nd meeting of the Council of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the CIS countries.
The head of the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB), Ivan Tertel, told reporters that the special services of the republic received information about the opposition’s request “$230-250 million for its subversive activities against Russia in the near future only.” country. According to him, money was requested from Western countries.
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Shortly before these statements, Belarusian dissident Valery Tsepkalo wrote on his Telegram channel about a $250 million grant requested by the “grant-suckers office” to enrich himself.
He argues that the circle of “concerned people” presented this story of about 250 million dollars raised in the public domain as a kind of request for help to all Belarusians. “But the truth is that only the interests of those involved in the development of this document are represented there,” he believes.
He also believes that they are “trying to dream to participate”. [в дискуссии] all invited, well or some. But in fact, Tsepkalo said, “the only official meeting was needed to deceive European donors with the existence of a controversy, because none of the proposals actually aimed at releasing the detainees and creating a legitimate body were included in this meeting. The final document, even partially”.
In his post, he wrote that the money-seeking document “provides a list” of “interested parties” who are “presented as the main individuals who want to receive funds allocated for their luxurious futures”. Among them, he mentions the United Transitional Cabinet, established in 2022 by one of the main opposition figures, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
Protection of Belarusian borders
On June 1, the head of the Belarusian KGB, Ivan Tertel, announced that the introduction of additional control on the Belarusian-Russian border was due to the strengthening of the counterintelligence regime.
“This measure is currently being implemented along the entire perimeter of our border. “With regard to Belarus, it is aimed to timely detect and localize the activities of persons with terrorist and extremist ambitions,” he said.
State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic, Alexander Volfovich, said that NATO is ready for “full-scale military operations”. According to him, this is evidenced by the “intensity and number of exercises carried out in the last two years” in the region.
Also, Volfovich said that Poland is installing on its territory – “in the direction of Brest near the border.” [с Белоруссией] – about 40 containers in case of emergency.”
Claims they will be staff on duty. Belarusian special services are now investigating the purpose of the Polish authorities to take such a step.
Earlier, the former commander of the Polish Land Forces, General Waldemar Skrzypchak, said that an uprising in Belarus was possible. He urged the Polish authorities to prepare for and support this.
“If the Ukrainian counteroffensive is successful, armed Belarusians, who are now part of the potential of the Ukrainian army, will not lay down their arms,” the soldier said in an interview with Polsat TV channel.
Speaking of preparations for a possible uprising, he noted that he meant it was impossible to “sleep at the moment” in order to be “ready to support units that will carry out an operation against alaihis-salam”. [президента Белоруссии Александра] lukashenka
According to Skshipchak, Warsaw should help them because it “helps the Ukrainians”.
In response, Lukashenka warned that Minsk was “following these guys this sick general was talking about”.
The Belarusian president said that the officials of the republic knew the names of all participants in “all regiments or battalions,” as potential instigators of the uprising called it. In addition, special services have data on their location.
“We’re ready. Let them come,” stressed Lukashenka.
The politician recalled that he said “a few months ago they were preparing for an uprising, a revolution”.
In Moscow, Skrzypczak’s remarks were termed an open statement by Poland “about its intention to directly intervene in the internal affairs of a neighboring state, including the use of force.” This was expressed by the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
Kremlin spokesman reminded that Russia will fulfill its obligations to ensure the security of Belarus, if necessary.