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People began to gather in the places where a constitutional referendum was to vote that would allow Russia to store nuclear weapons in Belarus, and protests spread to downtown Minsk. Thousands chanted "No to war," "Glory to Ukraine," and made insulting speeches about Putin. At least 800 people were detained and criminal cases were opened against several protesters. Still, these were the first major protests in Belarus since early 2021. After a year and a half of all-out political terror, the protests underscored the widespread opposition to the war and Belarus' role in it.

 How strong the anti-war movement in Belarus will gain Phone Number List depend on how far Lukashenko goes in this war. Opposition leaders have called on Belarusians to take to the streets again and block rail tracks to prevent Russian troops from moving. Tijanóvskaya stated that the next step would be to prepare for a strike by Belarusian workers against the war. Pavel Latushka, another opposition leader, urged Belarusian military personnel not to carry out "criminal orders" and Belarusian conscripts to evade conscription or take up arms to fight the "mad dictator.




 Last chance Against this backdrop, Lukashenko made a desperate attempt to transform his role in the conflict by hosting the Russia-Ukraine talks on February 27. The initiative itself seemed like a poor imitation of a negotiation process. First, it was obvious that Gomel, a place used as a base for Russian troops, was not the best place for negotiations. Second, the Russian side informed Ukraine that they had already arrived for talks and were waiting, in an attempt to make the Ukrainian delegation appear reluctant to negotiations and thus Ukraine as an instigator of the war.