August 16, 2020, Anti-Government Protests in Belarus continued for another day, with 🇪🇺 Pro-EU Opposition calling for mass demonstrations, waving the White-Red flags of Independence, as Lukashenko embraces a major chaos in the Eastern European country.
Russian Support for Belarus
The scale of the rallies that are anti-government and pro-EU is unprecedented. Lukashenko will need Putin’s support to remain in power. Security forces continue to disguise themselves as civilian protestors to identify leadership of the protests for nighttime kidnappings. Disguised security forces also provoking violence during the pro-EU protests. This is to force a government response and the support of Putin’s forces.
Thousands are present in MInsk and others major cities.
In Belarus, special operations forces include the 38th separate guards airborne assault brigade (Brest), the 103rd separate guards airborne brigade (Vitebsk), the 5th separate special purpose brigade (Maryina Gorka).”
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— “Airborne troops brigade is being deployed to Hoza military training area at Lithuania border to enforce the border – Ministry of Defense of Belarus”
Pro-Lukashenka Rally
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Journalist, Franak Viačorka on August 16, 2020:
It looks like Anti-Maidan in Ukraine, in 2014″
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