DISINFO: The USA, the EU and Poland are willing to finance military actions inside Belarus
SUMMARY
Foreign adversaries of Belarus are asking for money for their activities, and the West is ready to allocate funds for specific purposes, such as military actions on Belarusian territory. These people address the US State Department, Poland and the EU, asking for money for media attacks on Belarus. However, these countries are willing to provide money only for military actions in Belarus, not media attacks on this country.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about supposed Western attempts to organise a colour revolution in Belarus.
There is no basis for the claims that the USA, the EU and Poland are willing to “finance military actions inside Belarus”
Poland is a neighbour of Belarus and it continues to support the Belarusian people. Poland respects the principles of international law and does not intervene in the domestic affairs of any country.
There is no evidence that Belarusian citizens living in Poland are taking part in combat training. The Belarusian citizens, who were forced to leave their country because of Lukashenko’s repressions, promote their political agenda through various civilian (not military) actions (founding NGOs, public associations, organising peaceful manifestations, etc.). BYPOL was founded in 2020 in the wake of unprecedented mass protests questioning official presidential election results giving a victory and sixth term to Lukashenka earlier in the year as explained by Radio Liberty. It goes on to explain that the group comprises former law enforcement officers, who have said that the group was created to investigate police brutality during the violent dispersal of the anti-Lukashenka rallies and to convince active police officers to "take the Belarusian people's side".
The EU member states perceive the situation in Belarus in a unanimous way, appealing to the Belarusian authorities to stop violence, release political prisoners and organise democratic elections in Belarus.
See other examples of similar messages: Poland and Lithuania directly sponsor extremist actions against Belarus, Poland and Lithuania send Belarusian opposition instructions on how to make explosives and CIA, and Pentagon prepares Belarusian protestors in Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states.