SSU Officer: Russians Are Pushing Lukashenka To Take Certain Actions

The Belarusian military is under influence from its “senior comrades” from Russia.

Former SSU employee Ivan Stupak told Channel 24 that Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s latest militaristic statements may be due to the fact that he wants to “satisfy” his Russian partners.

The influence of “senior comrades”

According to the ex-SSU employee, the Belarusian military and KGB officers are under direct or indirect influence from their “senior comrades” from Russia.

This influence occurs due to the fact that employees of the Belarusian special services previously either studied in Moscow, or had friendly relations with Russians, or experienced pressure from the administrative side.

“Perhaps they are still trying to drag Belarus indirectly into the war with Ukraine. How? For example, the Russians are putting pressure on the Belarusian General Staff and forcing them to falsify data about alleged drone attacks from Lithuania. Thus, Lukashenka will be reported every morning about 100–500 drones shot down, so that “NATO is attacking us” will be in his head,” Ivan Stupak emphasized.

He added that a few days ago, Head of the Belarusian KGB Ivan Tsiartsel said that in the city of Kyiv in the Obolonsky district there are two hospitals that are used allegedly to treat “terrorists” under the cover of the local population, civilians and children. Tsiartsel noted that Belarus “will fight.” Unfortunately, this prompted the evacuation of adults and children from these hospitals.

“Perhaps there is the same propaganda here that “there are enemies everywhere”: there Lithuania is attacking, here Ukraine is treating some terrorists who are aiming to attack Belarus. Perhaps, in this way, the Russians are pushing Lukashenka to take certain actions regarding Belarus’ participation in this war,” Stupak concluded.