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Fighting for Ukraine - the Belarusian resistance movement

Heading to Ukraine to fight Russian forces are dissidents from Belarus. They see the war as a battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces and President Lukashenko's regime in Belarus.

Among the foreign fighters heading to Ukraine to fight against Russia are dissidents from Belarus. They see the war as a battle both against Vladimir Putin’s forces but also against the regime of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, which has heavily backed Moscow. For 5 Minutes On - the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Europe correspondent Mark Lowen met some of the recruits in Warsaw preparing for the journey.

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