I’m Belarusian. Unlike in Russia where many genuinely support the war, most of us regular Belarusians are either anti-war or sympathetic to Ukraine. During the 2020 protests, hundreds of thousands spoke out against the government. It wasn’t just college kids and intellectuals in the capital, but also factory workers and farmers all over the country. There were big strikes at the BelAZ, MAZ, Belaruskali, and so on. Ukraine supported the protests, Russia helped Lukashenko put them down. Our fate as an independent country is tied to Ukraine. I sincerely hope Ukraine wins
I had heard that the plans was to actually send in the Belarusian army and that some troops had actually been sent in and was meant to be acting as non combatant peace keepers but that there were a number of resignations and defectors and that there were threats of the ousting of Lukashenko if the army was truly sent in from within the army. do you know anything about any of this or if it is even true? also i imagine with how many are against his regime i guess there is some truth to this nonetheless as he would be less protected against a ''revolution'' should half the army be sent into a very unpopular war.
I sincerely hope this horrible war will ultimately result in the end of both Lukashenko's regime and the subjugation of your country by Russia. Жыве Беларусь!
Supposedly, Ukraine's Transportation Minister publicly thanked the train workers of Belarus for their support with the war effort during an unrelated speech. No one really knew why he said it until the next day. The trains between the two nations had had "scheduling" problems and delays since the Russian Army took most of the rails to transfer materiel, but they just had cancelled some pretty popular routes in the week before the speech was given. The day after the speech, Belarus's Commissioner of Trains informed the public that the most important commuter services were now cancelled permanently due to track vandalism in Belarus. It's believed that Belarus's train workers were so sick of their country being used for the invasion, they decided to fix the problem permanently also.
Not supposedly, Belarusian hacktivists firstly messed with the train routing system, putting passenger trains inbetween russian military ones (apparently the Belarussian train system using Windows XP...yikes), then, inside of Belarus, they blew up the train link with Ukraine. :)
Belarus may have a leader and government who will back up Russia. However, the people of Belarus do not match these sentiments. Overwhelmingly the Belarus people and Ukraine people have a very tight relationship. In fact, many of the Belarus Soldiers families are staunchly against being involved in a war/Invasion against and in Ukraine. Many of the Belarus soldiers would either refuse and/or surrender to Ukraine and are being taught to do so in large numbers I might add by opposition party and rogue/rebel elements. Belarus has a decision to make, as we all do, Die on your feet in righteous action, or live on your knees unsure if what you did was right.
"Die on your feet in righteous action, or live on your knees unsure if what you did was right." So, people in the West should start rebelling against their governments and stop being obedient fools being lied to and exploited by their "elites"?
@@Gauntlet1212 perhaps, though, there isn't a war going on over here at least in context of physical civil unrest, violent invasion by other nations, or invasion of other nations in attempts to control more land by the USA, at least at the moment. When and if the time comes, subjectively I feel myself, and other people know what is right and wrong, and it may take the courage of sacrificing ones life to stand against violence on innocent people despite the political nature and complexities of information/disinformation given and interpreted. One thing for sure, history shows time and time again that those who tighten their grip with fear and laws to suffocate the freedoms of citizens trying to survive and pursue happiness are not only seen by history as on the side of evil, but also are easily distinguishable as not being good for progress as a species who should be learning to love one another and flourishing in healthy competition as we reach the next step in the great filter.
@@Gauntlet1212 They mostly aren't. Russian elites lying and exploiting own people, want them to think otherwise. It is true threat of Ukraine for Russia. Myth of Russian people being different, fall apart in last decade.
As an International Relations student and a student of Russian Language, I do really appreciate the timely content regarding the complex relations between Eastern Slavic nations (as well as your channels recent shift towards current events and recent history). That being said, I really really do miss your old content on early Medieval and Viking Age Northern Europe. You bring so much depth and understanding to such an interesting portion of human history.
5:26 lol, love this sneak peak the process. Also, I don't think Russia benefits from Belarusian union. Russia needs friends, simply integrating Belarus into it wouldn't really change that situation. Which is why I don't think Putin actually intended on annexing Ukraine. Regime change, yes. Annexation? Maybe of parts, but it seems that this was never the actual plan.
Eh, if Russia ever takes Belarus directly, any resource it could bring as a 'friend' would be directly controlled anyway, so there is little utility in them being separate. But what Russia really needs from them is access to Kaliningrad, and they can not risk the country turning on them, and there is very little the country has other than that and land/resources that is of utility to them.
@@SAarumDoK Yeah but I'd use the term puppet state as they don't want them truly neutral but utterly pro-Russia. Also people shouldn't BS around just call it what it is.
You need to make a follow-up video! You barely talked about the Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine (the Kastuś Kalinouski Battalion and others), the Belarusian exiles and whole diaspora being very involved in helping Ukraine and Ukrainians in any way they can, the railway workers in Belarus reportedly sabotaging Russian logistics, hacktivist groups like the Cyber Partisans and so one... Any viewer of this video paying attention can notice that the opposition to the Lukashenko's regime is using a different flag than the official one. Wouldn't it also be something worth explaining? Belarus is not Lukashenko. For our freedom and yours! Жыве Беларусь!
The opposition flag is the old pre-lukeshenko belarus flag The government flag is the post-lukeshenko flag, which is bassicly just the old communist flag without the hammer and sickle the former was also used by the belarussian nationalists during the russian civil war
@@paradoxicalpotato8927 Indeed. The opposition flag and the coat of arms - Pahonia (a variant of the same one Lithuania uses) are also referencing traditions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, going back to the Medieval times. I really wish Hilbert would explain this to the wider audience, especially since he likes to talk about flags, their changes and the implications of them.
Stay strong brothers! We appreciate your help alot! Unlike russians you fight against the dictator. Hope we will win this war side by side as allies and not become enemies! 🇺🇦🤍❤️🤍
Wow I had no idea that *Belarus* had any fighters on *Ukraines* side. That's interesting to now know. Thank you for a new fact of the day! Know any good videos that show about the *Belarus* warriors fighting in *Ukraine* ?
Belarus's role is switching sides at the worst possible moment, i mean Luka is unpopular, their military doesn't want to go even Luka himself is doing everything he can to avoid going to war
@Andrew-~ It doesnt matter how long our logistics can suppport our army since our army can scrape together ony 10--20k combatants and all of them put together have maybe a day of combat experience. And that's not even mentioning how outdated our army is in terms of equipment and vehicles. If our army ever gets sent into Ukraine they'll be coming back in the corpsevagons a week later.
By allowing Russian artillery to fire from their territory, Belarus has already joined the war. Ukraine's right to self defense means they can fire into Belarus to attack those artillery placements.
Yanukovych: Removed from office Russia: Friendship ended with Ukraine- Belarus: Hello there Russia: *Now Belarus is my best friend* "Which both extended Lukashenko's term in office until at least 2035" *Tell me your country is a dictatorship, without telling me your country is a dictatorship*
Lukashenko: I won an election with 81 percent of the vote! Gurbanguly in 2017 with 97 percent: I'll do you one better- Me winning an election with 100 percent of the vote: *Those are rookie numbers*
It would be pretty funny if you actually were Kim Jong-un, and in between starving your people and murdering whomever you want, you comment on YT vids...
Lukashenko has spent nearly three decades balancing his ties to both Western powers and Putin. But the last presidential election marked a turning point that pushed Lukashenko closer toward Putin. Lukashenko claimed victory after the Aug. 9, 2020, election, which international experts widely consider fraudulent. Lukashenko received 80% of the popular vote, an impossibly favorable result given public discontent with his regime. An unprecedented public uprising followed, as hundreds of thousands of Belarusians protested the election results.
in fact, Lukashenka has been falsifying the choice since 2006, in 2010 there was one of the mass protests (which had the most edits from the Belarusian police to smear the protesters), and in 2020 the whole world learned about our sense of freedom.
Belarus' army is relatively small and is probably busy guarding the borders (especially against NATO-countries Poland and Lithuania) and keeping the country "secure" against potential revolutions and riots. I'm also under the impression that Lukashenko doesn't have the same absolute control over his own generals and army as Putin does over the russian dito. (I could be wrong though). Belarusian soldiers would probably have even worse morale in Ukraine than russian soldiers, given that both countries share a "supressed by big bro Russia"/victim-mentailty. At the end of the day, Belarus and Lukashenko aren't allies to Russia and Putin as much as they are semi-forced vasalls. Lukashenko is Putins lapdog, but even he understands that sending in his army in Ukraine can backfire to the extent that he might get ousted by either his own military or the people of Belarus, if casualties among the soldiers are high enough. Part of me wants Belarus to actually partake in the invasion of Ukraine for this very reason, but I also know that belarusians who want nothing to do with this conflict would be added to the already massive pile of dead unwilling participants.
There is a part of me that hopes the Belarussian army does join in as I have a sneaking suspicion they won't be on the Russian side but will take the opportunity to take out their pro Lukashenko/Putin commanders and join the Ukrainians when they have their fingers on the trigger in combat and Lukashenko's KGB cannot get to them. This could also set off another revolution against Luka at home. I think that is what Lukashenko actually fears.
I mean, the reason Lukashenko is adamant about only providing Russian with essentially token support is because he knows exactly this would happen if he ordered his men into Ukraine. That, or the moment his military are split/occupied in Ukraine, a coup is launched to remove him. He also knows that the war in Ukraine means Putin can’t really turn his army around to go save him without losing ground to the Ukrainians.
As a Belarusian I have to say thanks for your support and for your charity efforts. Hopefully Belarus doesn't join Russia in this clusterfuck but who knows.
When talking about Russians supporting the war, please, note that most of the so-called polls were held by government organisations, as about 80% of the respondents of independent polls refused to answer due to current laws prohibiting criticism of the Russian invasion. So, basically, the numbers represent not the actual support percentage of the population, but the support percentage of those, who agreed to answer the question, which is a minority of the whole population
If not for Lukashenko, Russia wouldn’t have been able to threaten Kyiv directly and wouldn’t have convenient bases to launch missiles and airstrikes from. I don’t blame all Belarusians. I have friends who are Belarusian expats, and they dream of the day Lukashenko is finally removed from power
it's so sad. I know that there are more Belarusians that don't support the war than there are russians, but at the end of the day, it's from Belarus that my own Polissia region as well as Kyiv are being bombarded...The next Belarus government should take full responsibility of it as well.
@@SERBIA1389SERBIA Nazi government with a Jewish president. Dont you think you are missing something??? I think if Hitler would be alive he would kill himself again or die from a laughter
I don’t think Putin will ask Lukanhesko for help at all precisely because his position in Belarus is so weak. It’s very likely he had a role to play in the magical fantasy where Ukraine rolled out a red carpet for Russia, but when that didn’t happen that was off the table. If troops leave Belarus for Ukraine, there’s a high chance of a coup and Putin can’t afford to turn his army around to go save Lukanhesko’s hind again. That means Russia would be fighting against the Ukrainian army and possibly a sizeable Belarusian rebel group that would spring up in opposition to the invasion. Putin can afford to have the police arrest thousands of people for protesting the war - I don’t think Lukanhesko can.
Hello Hilbert. Thank you for doing a video on this as I had requested. Not much has changed yet with this country from the start of fighting in Ukraine. More to follow?
There are no claim for Ukraine as we are independent nation. Ukraine and Belarus share similar history because both nations while fighting for independence did not get much of it for few centuries. The fact that one nation was under control of second nation does not give second nation claim for independence of first one
@@caiden5855 that hardly matters. Ukraine has been a sovereign nation for over 30 years, and Ukrainians had their own national identity for far longer than that. Hell, Kyiv is 665 years older than Moscow
Although the UN has repeatedly condemned Putin and the Russian Army for the invasion into Ukraine, I'm surprised that there hasn't been much talk at all of Belarus. Thanks for this great and timely information.
If Belarus were to join this invasion it would most likely be the worst scenario for both Putin and Lukashenko. A likely general rebellion in the army could be the trigger needed for the fall of the regime in Belarus. And if Putin not only lost such strategic ally, but be force to divert resources to secure it, then this whole mess would go downhill ery quickly.
new subscriber love your channel, you narrate concisely and make excellent videos, also happy you are donating to Ukraine. quick question as lately I hear it happen, some say (phonetically Kee ev while others say Keeve) have people been saying Kiev incorrectly all these years?
@ministryofzim A 'roman script' transliteration of the Russian name is Kiev (pronounced Kee ev), whereas the 'roman' transliteration of the Ukrainian name is Kyiv (pronounced Keeve). The later is preferred nowadays.
I would say Belarus could join if Putin forces his hand, or if the attempt fails Lukanhesko is in a position (since clear corrupt authoritarian legislation) to favor gaining support of his people since most Belarusians aren’t in favor of the conflict and would only seem like a accepting a trap set for him in the future the more this war goes on. Also seeing a potential opportunity to be a neutral mediator and become eastern europe’s Switzerland in terms of where talks are held. The strat for him may seem (as reflecting on Russia’s mistakes) like neutrality will save the ruling party and prevent invasion.
hi, I am still new to your channel, I asked a question regarding how to pronounce Kiev and you answered me, you say that you ask people to comment about a video ideas, do you have a video for every country which President Putin considers to be part of Russia? Russia pre 1999 consisted of and what Russia now in 2022 consists of (or thinks it consists of)?
Belarussian Journalists have been actively fighting Lukashenko for several decades now. There are quite a number of Belorussian journalism that you can see in youtube.
One thing - the referendum didn't extend Lukashenka's rule, it actually introduced a 2 term limit system. But it doesn't begin until after his current term, and doesn't include terms served. So whilst it allows him to serve for another decade, a legal limit didn't even exist before. As for if Belarus would send troops themselves, there are several reasons why I doubt it. 1, it's not something Lukashenko would lkely even want to do - he's probably been displeased about Russia invading, but isn't able to do anything about it lest Russia crushes him. 2, there are a load of videos coming out of previously deployed Belarusian army units, that where stationed on the border, going back to their permanent bases. 3, I was in Gomel for the first 3 weeks of this invasion, as a result I saw a large amount of military hardware, but not a single piece was Belarusian, it was all Russian.
There is a difference between a client state allowing its benefactor to use its territory for a war, and joining that war itself. There's a reason why Ukrainian forces have attacked supply depots in Russia, but not in Belarus.
does =/= mean “does not equal”? I am not familiar with the symbols used in this manner, my apology. Anyways, yah, .6666666666 or 66.6666666666666.....% equals two thirds.
Note that before the demonstration in Belarus Lukashenko sided with Ukraine. He probably does not want this war, but he is so beholden to Putin and so in the grip of Putin right now that he cannot object. As for using Belarusian soldiers the risk is that they may simply give up at first sight of the enemy and donate their weapons to them.
Ah, yes, Belarus. You know, there may be many Russian speakers in Ukraine but this pales when compared to Russian speakers in Belarus. The map in the beginning here did show the city names in Belarusian but the leader of Belarus is in this video consistenly referred to by his Russian name: Alexand(e)r Lukashenko. The Belarusian form of his name is Aljaksandar Łukašenka, as unstressed e's and o's become are spelled as a's in Belarusian and despite its similarity to Polish Ł, Belarusian Ł is pronounced as a regular L. In fact, I have been told but haven't been able to confirm that the most vibrant Belarusian speaking societies are in Belarus' neighbouring countries of Poland and Lithuania, heck even TVP (the Polish national broadcaster) has (or had) a Belarusian language station called Belsat. So it's a sad situation with the Belarusian language in Belarus. A shame as I find Belarusian to be the most interesting of the three major East Slavic languages.
@@donimoo Yes, I have heard and read about this somewhere. I really hope this will turn the tide and the Belarusian language will become the prestige language of Belarus.
Amen-Its the best time for the Belarus citizens to rise up against their dictator,just like their railroad union which removed the tracks Russia was resupplying their troops in Ukraine.This would add pressure on Putin.Maybe Georgians and Chechnya's should too fight for liberty
Remember, Russia started in Kiev-Rus. So Ukraine is actually the Original Russia. Belorusia, is where the Royal Family went into hiding when the Bolsheviks took over.
3:25 since participation of anarchists in the uprising is shown in this video, I think is good to mention that there are many anarchist in belarussian prisons because of this. The prosecution that the anarchist movement suffers there caused many comrades to be in prison.
Russia needed them to came fast near Kiev ,because they know that from Russia it would be extremely hard to get near Kiev... It is just 200 km trip from Belarus border to Kiev...
The addition of 15,000 soldiers isn’t going to make or break Russia’s operations. The risk of destabilizing Belarus isn’t worth it. Belarus is already tying-down Ukrainian forces, simply by their existence. They’re not going to become directly involved unless NATO escalates.
I am really not an expert on Belarus, but it seems to me that joining the war would be very risky für Lukaschenka. He could risk a coup or a civil war if some commanders disobey. Russia might not be in the best position to keep him in power right now if this happens.
"Americans want to democratise us. OK, but why not go and democratise Saudi Arabia. Are we anything like Saudi Arabia? No, we are far from that. So why aren't they democratising Saudi Arabia? Because they are bastards, but they are their bastards." - Alexander Lukashenko
well big difference is also the fact that well. Most saudi Arabians doesn't really care for Democracy it has never been their way. Belarus however yeah some is against the idea, but well the vast majority of Belarusians want to be a true Democracy and want freedom of speech and freedom of the press soo yeah not at all comparable.
The difference - aside from the whole oil thing - is that Saudi Arabia has never claimed to be democratic. They’re a totalitarian absolute monarchy, but they like it that way and they own it. Whereas Lukashenko still holds elections and then insults the intelligence of his people by claiming to have won 80% of the popular vote
I am Belarusian, never voted for Lukashenko. However, Russian police forces didn't participate in Belarusian crisis 2020-2021 in any capacity. You are lying. The only personnel Russia sent were TV station crews to replace striking Belarusians from state TV.
The Belarusian opposition as well as some impoverished nations in Europe can be considered western satellite states too, as they're too dependent on EU aid.
I would think in Russia it would be evenly split 50 percent support Vladimir Putin sending the Russian army into Ukraine. Then 50 percent oppose Putin sending in the Russian army into Ukraine.
I think there is a paramilitary group in Russia they are probably in the DPR and LPR now they are a group called the Union of Donbass Volunteers. I think I saw that there is a force of 554,000 paramilitary Vladimir Putin could send or ask to be sent into Donbass or the Donbass I should say.
Alright, is the video arguing that NATO should want Belarus to get involved in the Ukraine conflict, because Lukashenko’s regime likely won’t survive if it does?
I never realized you used powerpoint presentations. Very creative I must say.
Now I can't stop thinking about it as I view the video lmao
@@_Lumiere_ you guys are watching a video? I am watching a power point.
@@brandonblackfyre5783 Based and slidepilled
Wait how do u know?
@@Medjiman979 5:26
I’m Belarusian. Unlike in Russia where many genuinely support the war, most of us regular Belarusians are either anti-war or sympathetic to Ukraine. During the 2020 protests, hundreds of thousands spoke out against the government. It wasn’t just college kids and intellectuals in the capital, but also factory workers and farmers all over the country. There were big strikes at the BelAZ, MAZ, Belaruskali, and so on. Ukraine supported the protests, Russia helped Lukashenko put them down. Our fate as an independent country is tied to Ukraine. I sincerely hope Ukraine wins
All Lukashenko's fault
🇺🇦❤⚪🔴⚪
I had heard that the plans was to actually send in the Belarusian army and that some troops had actually been sent in and was meant to be acting as non combatant peace keepers but that there were a number of resignations and defectors and that there were threats of the ousting of Lukashenko if the army was truly sent in from within the army. do you know anything about any of this or if it is even true? also i imagine with how many are against his regime i guess there is some truth to this nonetheless as he would be less protected against a ''revolution'' should half the army be sent into a very unpopular war.
I sincerely hope this horrible war will ultimately result in the end of both Lukashenko's regime and the subjugation of your country by Russia.
Жыве Беларусь!
@@Artur_M. Haha ruZZians getting their ass kicked 😆
Supposedly, Ukraine's Transportation Minister publicly thanked the train workers of Belarus for their support with the war effort during an unrelated speech. No one really knew why he said it until the next day. The trains between the two nations had had "scheduling" problems and delays since the Russian Army took most of the rails to transfer materiel, but they just had cancelled some pretty popular routes in the week before the speech was given. The day after the speech, Belarus's Commissioner of Trains informed the public that the most important commuter services were now cancelled permanently due to track vandalism in Belarus. It's believed that Belarus's train workers were so sick of their country being used for the invasion, they decided to fix the problem permanently also.
There are probably heads rolling right now on the administration of Belarus’ railways, sadly
That "thank you" from Ukraine is in the public domain.
based railway workers
Not supposedly, Belarusian hacktivists firstly messed with the train routing system, putting passenger trains inbetween russian military ones (apparently the Belarussian train system using Windows XP...yikes), then, inside of Belarus, they blew up the train link with Ukraine. :)
Belarus may have a leader and government who will back up Russia. However, the people of Belarus do not match these sentiments. Overwhelmingly the Belarus people and Ukraine people have a very tight relationship. In fact, many of the Belarus Soldiers families are staunchly against being involved in a war/Invasion against and in Ukraine. Many of the Belarus soldiers would either refuse and/or surrender to Ukraine and are being taught to do so in large numbers I might add by opposition party and rogue/rebel elements. Belarus has a decision to make, as we all do, Die on your feet in righteous action, or live on your knees unsure if what you did was right.
It would be interesting to learn what people in Belarus are being told. Surely they have news media as tightly controlled as Russia?
"Die on your feet in righteous action, or live on your knees unsure if what you did was right."
So, people in the West should start rebelling against their governments and stop being obedient fools being lied to and exploited by their "elites"?
@@Gauntlet1212 perhaps, though, there isn't a war going on over here at least in context of physical civil unrest, violent invasion by other nations, or invasion of other nations in attempts to control more land by the USA, at least at the moment. When and if the time comes, subjectively I feel myself, and other people know what is right and wrong, and it may take the courage of sacrificing ones life to stand against violence on innocent people despite the political nature and complexities of information/disinformation given and interpreted. One thing for sure, history shows time and time again that those who tighten their grip with fear and laws to suffocate the freedoms of citizens trying to survive and pursue happiness are not only seen by history as on the side of evil, but also are easily distinguishable as not being good for progress as a species who should be learning to love one another and flourishing in healthy competition as we reach the next step in the great filter.
@@Gauntlet1212 They mostly aren't. Russian elites lying and exploiting own people, want them to think otherwise. It is true threat of Ukraine for Russia. Myth of Russian people being different, fall apart in last decade.
if push comes to shove it could be like the italian resistance movement in italy, and lukashenko is the mussolini.
Hilbert: I will shine a spotlight on Belarus
Belarus: Please. No.
Yeah Belarus doesn’t like getting so much attention suddenly
@@ElTIBURON826 they just want everyone to look the other way so they can relax
👍like I meant
As an International Relations student and a student of Russian Language, I do really appreciate the timely content regarding the complex relations between Eastern Slavic nations (as well as your channels recent shift towards current events and recent history). That being said, I really really do miss your old content on early Medieval and Viking Age Northern Europe. You bring so much depth and understanding to such an interesting portion of human history.
No he doesn't. Just a random kid 😉
@@vasilirikardsson wdym
i also wanna study IR in college
@@vasilirikardsson is that why you are here watching it?
@@Forestwhissper Yes.
The older I get the more and more I despise dictatorships.
Funny I'd think younger would hate them too. Like it's an extreme version of parents controlling everything you do.
5:26 lol, love this sneak peak the process.
Also, I don't think Russia benefits from Belarusian union. Russia needs friends, simply integrating Belarus into it wouldn't really change that situation. Which is why I don't think Putin actually intended on annexing Ukraine. Regime change, yes. Annexation? Maybe of parts, but it seems that this was never the actual plan.
If Russia needs friends they should try maybe not invading other countries.
@@flamesofchaos13 By friends, he mean buffer states.
russians have no friends, and will never have them either
Eh, if Russia ever takes Belarus directly, any resource it could bring as a 'friend' would be directly controlled anyway, so there is little utility in them being separate.
But what Russia really needs from them is access to Kaliningrad, and they can not risk the country turning on them, and there is very little the country has other than that and land/resources that is of utility to them.
@@SAarumDoK Yeah but I'd use the term puppet state as they don't want them truly neutral but utterly pro-Russia. Also people shouldn't BS around just call it what it is.
You need to make a follow-up video! You barely talked about the Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine (the Kastuś Kalinouski Battalion and others), the Belarusian exiles and whole diaspora being very involved in helping Ukraine and Ukrainians in any way they can, the railway workers in Belarus reportedly sabotaging Russian logistics, hacktivist groups like the Cyber Partisans and so one...
Any viewer of this video paying attention can notice that the opposition to the Lukashenko's regime is using a different flag than the official one. Wouldn't it also be something worth explaining?
Belarus is not Lukashenko.
For our freedom and yours!
Жыве Беларусь!
The opposition flag is the old pre-lukeshenko belarus flag
The government flag is the post-lukeshenko flag, which is bassicly just the old communist flag without the hammer and sickle
the former was also used by the belarussian nationalists during the russian civil war
i second this!
@@paradoxicalpotato8927 Indeed. The opposition flag and the coat of arms - Pahonia (a variant of the same one Lithuania uses) are also referencing traditions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, going back to the Medieval times. I really wish Hilbert would explain this to the wider audience, especially since he likes to talk about flags, their changes and the implications of them.
Stay strong brothers! We appreciate your help alot! Unlike russians you fight against the dictator. Hope we will win this war side by side as allies and not become enemies! 🇺🇦🤍❤️🤍
Wow I had no idea that *Belarus* had any fighters on *Ukraines* side. That's interesting to now know. Thank you for a new fact of the day! Know any good videos that show about the *Belarus* warriors fighting in *Ukraine* ?
Belarus's role is switching sides at the worst possible moment, i mean Luka is unpopular, their military doesn't want to go even Luka himself is doing everything he can to avoid going to war
@Andrew-~ It doesnt matter how long our logistics can suppport our army since our army can scrape together ony 10--20k combatants and all of them put together have maybe a day of combat experience. And that's not even mentioning how outdated our army is in terms of equipment and vehicles. If our army ever gets sent into Ukraine they'll be coming back in the corpsevagons a week later.
@@MrFuckingKololo many lower ranks seem prone to either surrender or join Ukraine in their fight. Some units already did the later.
By allowing Russian artillery to fire from their territory, Belarus has already joined the war. Ukraine's right to self defense means they can fire into Belarus to attack those artillery placements.
5:26 Nice seeing your computer fully charged
Also very creative with your slides props to that
Yanukovych: Removed from office
Russia: Friendship ended with Ukraine-
Belarus: Hello there
Russia: *Now Belarus is my best friend*
"Which both extended Lukashenko's term in office until at least 2035" *Tell me your country is a dictatorship, without telling me your country is a dictatorship*
LoL
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@@spaghettimon3851 🇨🇺❤️🇷🇺 Z(ombies)
@@noco7243 NATO = Nazi Atlantic Terrorist Organization
Thing is, to alot of the international community, letting someone walk through your lands to invade another state IS the same as declaring war
Lukashenko: I won an election with 81 percent of the vote!
Gurbanguly in 2017 with 97 percent: I'll do you one better-
Me winning an election with 100 percent of the vote: *Those are rookie numbers*
It would be pretty funny if you actually were Kim Jong-un, and in between starving your people and murdering whomever you want, you comment on YT vids...
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@@Mylifesuckslol it says 2 replies but there's only 1.
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Lukashenko has spent nearly three decades balancing his ties to both Western powers and Putin. But the last presidential election marked a turning point that pushed Lukashenko closer toward Putin.
Lukashenko claimed victory after the Aug. 9, 2020, election, which international experts widely consider fraudulent. Lukashenko received 80% of the popular vote, an impossibly favorable result given public discontent with his regime.
An unprecedented public uprising followed, as hundreds of thousands of Belarusians protested the election results.
in fact, Lukashenka has been falsifying the choice since 2006, in 2010 there was one of the mass protests (which had the most edits from the Belarusian police to smear the protesters), and in 2020 the whole world learned about our sense of freedom.
Belarus' army is relatively small and is probably busy guarding the borders (especially against NATO-countries Poland and Lithuania) and keeping the country "secure" against potential revolutions and riots.
I'm also under the impression that Lukashenko doesn't have the same absolute control over his own generals and army as Putin does over the russian dito. (I could be wrong though).
Belarusian soldiers would probably have even worse morale in Ukraine than russian soldiers, given that both countries share a "supressed by big bro Russia"/victim-mentailty. At the end of the day, Belarus and Lukashenko aren't allies to Russia and Putin as much as they are semi-forced vasalls.
Lukashenko is Putins lapdog, but even he understands that sending in his army in Ukraine can backfire to the extent that he might get ousted by either his own military or the people of Belarus, if casualties among the soldiers are high enough. Part of me wants Belarus to actually partake in the invasion of Ukraine for this very reason, but I also know that belarusians who want nothing to do with this conflict would be added to the already massive pile of dead unwilling participants.
The Belarusian flag looks like warm a blanket
There is a part of me that hopes the Belarussian army does join in as I have a sneaking suspicion they won't be on the Russian side but will take the opportunity to take out their pro Lukashenko/Putin commanders and join the Ukrainians when they have their fingers on the trigger in combat and Lukashenko's KGB cannot get to them.
This could also set off another revolution against Luka at home. I think that is what Lukashenko actually fears.
I mean, the reason Lukashenko is adamant about only providing Russian with essentially token support is because he knows exactly this would happen if he ordered his men into Ukraine. That, or the moment his military are split/occupied in Ukraine, a coup is launched to remove him. He also knows that the war in Ukraine means Putin can’t really turn his army around to go save him without losing ground to the Ukrainians.
As a Belarusian I have to say thanks for your support and for your charity efforts. Hopefully Belarus doesn't join Russia in this clusterfuck but who knows.
Belasus 😳
It has a watermelon flag as well, it's definitely upto something😳
It's actually just the Old Belorussian SSR flag with the hammer & sickle removed
The red and white flag is the best Belarusian flag imho.
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When talking about Russians supporting the war, please, note that most of the so-called polls were held by government organisations, as about 80% of the respondents of independent polls refused to answer due to current laws prohibiting criticism of the Russian invasion. So, basically, the numbers represent not the actual support percentage of the population, but the support percentage of those, who agreed to answer the question, which is a minority of the whole population
If not for Lukashenko, Russia wouldn’t have been able to threaten Kyiv directly and wouldn’t have convenient bases to launch missiles and airstrikes from. I don’t blame all Belarusians. I have friends who are Belarusian expats, and they dream of the day Lukashenko is finally removed from power
Better to blame Ukrainian nazi government
it's so sad. I know that there are more Belarusians that don't support the war than there are russians, but at the end of the day, it's from Belarus that my own Polissia region as well as Kyiv are being bombarded...The next Belarus government should take full responsibility of it as well.
@@SERBIA1389SERBIA Nazi government with a Jewish president. Dont you think you are missing something???
I think if Hitler would be alive he would kill himself again or die from a laughter
@@Zacarion "Jewish president" And...?Obama was black does that mean the USA wasn't racist during his term?
@Jack the Ripper Nazis imply white, anti-jew nationalism. On the other hand, everyone can be racist, even black people. So your point is void.
History With Hilbert makes videos on random topics so interesting. Appreciate the hard work. 🙏🏽
I dream of free and prosperous Belarus.
Never missing one of your videos Hilbert!!
SIMP.....just kidding
I'm really really enjoying your work at the moment. Keep it up Hilbert. 🤘👍✌🇦🇺
I don’t think Putin will ask Lukanhesko for help at all precisely because his position in Belarus is so weak. It’s very likely he had a role to play in the magical fantasy where Ukraine rolled out a red carpet for Russia, but when that didn’t happen that was off the table. If troops leave Belarus for Ukraine, there’s a high chance of a coup and Putin can’t afford to turn his army around to go save Lukanhesko’s hind again. That means Russia would be fighting against the Ukrainian army and possibly a sizeable Belarusian rebel group that would spring up in opposition to the invasion. Putin can afford to have the police arrest thousands of people for protesting the war - I don’t think Lukanhesko can.
oh even putin can't fight millions of deserters and rebels. it's not possible for any authoritarian. not even china has done so in its 6000+ history.
Hello Hilbert. Thank you for doing a video on this as I had requested. Not much has changed yet with this country from the start of fighting in Ukraine. More to follow?
Their ambassador to Ukraine was given a pouch of 30 silver by the Ukrainians… hilarious.
Nice touch
Please talk in depth about Chechnya and Dagestan since 1999 and how these regions compare to Donbass. Thanks
Hilbert is the first time I see your channel and several videos seem very informative to me that it is a pity that I had not seen your channel before.
Tbh even Belarus has a better claim to Ukraine than Russia does as both nations were a part the polish-Lithuanian grand duchy.
There are no claim for Ukraine as we are independent nation. Ukraine and Belarus share similar history because both nations while fighting for independence did not get much of it for few centuries. The fact that one nation was under control of second nation does not give second nation claim for independence of first one
Russia controlled ukraine for centuries, did belarus?
@@caiden5855 that hardly matters. Ukraine has been a sovereign nation for over 30 years, and Ukrainians had their own national identity for far longer than that. Hell, Kyiv is 665 years older than Moscow
@@artembentsionov *Kiev and you're talking about sovereign nations and identity like that actually matters
@@caiden5855 Kyiv is the official transliteration.
Bro, thank you so much for helping Ukrainian refugees!)
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Although the UN has repeatedly condemned Putin and the Russian Army for the invasion into Ukraine, I'm surprised that there hasn't been much talk at all of Belarus. Thanks for this great and timely information.
If Belarus were to join this invasion it would most likely be the worst scenario for both Putin and Lukashenko. A likely general rebellion in the army could be the trigger needed for the fall of the regime in Belarus. And if Putin not only lost such strategic ally, but be force to divert resources to secure it, then this whole mess would go downhill ery quickly.
new subscriber love your channel, you narrate concisely and make excellent videos, also happy you are donating to Ukraine. quick question as lately I hear it happen, some say (phonetically Kee ev while others say Keeve) have people been saying Kiev incorrectly all these years?
@ministryofzim
A 'roman script' transliteration of the Russian name is Kiev (pronounced Kee ev), whereas the 'roman' transliteration of the Ukrainian name is Kyiv (pronounced Keeve). The later is preferred nowadays.
I assume Ukraine is holding back some forces for this very occasion. I think if an inferior force like Belarus invades, they'll rout pretty quickly.
I really didnt know that you make it in Powerpoint! Looks Better than what i could ever do
I would say Belarus could join if Putin forces his hand, or if the attempt fails Lukanhesko is in a position (since clear corrupt authoritarian legislation) to favor gaining support of his people since most Belarusians aren’t in favor of the conflict and would only seem like a accepting a trap set for him in the future the more this war goes on. Also seeing a potential opportunity to be a neutral mediator and become eastern europe’s Switzerland in terms of where talks are held. The strat for him may seem (as reflecting on Russia’s mistakes) like neutrality will save the ruling party and prevent invasion.
There was talk a few months ago about hostility between Poland and Belarus. Is there anything to talk about there in a new video?
hi, I am still new to your channel, I asked a question regarding how to pronounce Kiev and you answered me, you say that you ask people to comment about a video ideas, do you have a video for every country which President Putin considers to be part of Russia? Russia pre 1999 consisted of and what Russia now in 2022 consists of (or thinks it consists of)?
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Love to Belarus from iran
5:26 nice job
I wonder if Belarusian military would mutiny rather than fight Ukraine
Some sources say they did already, and that's why they still stay there and don't invade
Ive also seen reports that train workers sabotaged track etc
3:24 just a note - this is Warsaw old town.
Just like the Swedes if you let an offender use your land you are in the war.
Where does Andre Arlovski fit in to this?
Putin promised Lukashenko the rank of Colonel..... that's Belarus' role....
Belarussian Journalists have been actively fighting Lukashenko for several decades now. There are quite a number of Belorussian journalism that you can see in youtube.
In a way, Belarus function similar to how Thailand functioned in WW2.
And Slovakia with Hitler's Germany.
One thing - the referendum didn't extend Lukashenka's rule, it actually introduced a 2 term limit system. But it doesn't begin until after his current term, and doesn't include terms served. So whilst it allows him to serve for another decade, a legal limit didn't even exist before. As for if Belarus would send troops themselves, there are several reasons why I doubt it. 1, it's not something Lukashenko would lkely even want to do - he's probably been displeased about Russia invading, but isn't able to do anything about it lest Russia crushes him. 2, there are a load of videos coming out of previously deployed Belarusian army units, that where stationed on the border, going back to their permanent bases. 3, I was in Gomel for the first 3 weeks of this invasion, as a result I saw a large amount of military hardware, but not a single piece was Belarusian, it was all Russian.
One of my parents is Ukrainian and the other is Belorussian. Fun times.
There is a difference between a client state allowing its benefactor to use its territory for a war, and joining that war itself. There's a reason why Ukrainian forces have attacked supply depots in Russia, but not in Belarus.
the trains are working normally again in belarus. all workers were detained by the secret service.
If Belarus attempt to cut off the Ukraine / Poland corridor they will be decimated
Two thirds =/= 75% though.
does =/= mean “does not equal”? I am not familiar with the symbols used in this manner, my apology. Anyways, yah, .6666666666 or 66.6666666666666.....% equals two thirds.
with 75% of course being three-fourths or ‘three-quarters’ or however it might be phrased.
@@nozrep Indeed, =/= means 'not equal'.
@@nozrep != Same thing
Interesting
One of the main questions, if Belarus steps into the conflict to support Russia why can't other nations step in to support Ukraine.
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Note that before the demonstration in Belarus Lukashenko sided with Ukraine. He probably does not want this war, but he is so beholden to Putin and so in the grip of Putin right now that he cannot object. As for using Belarusian soldiers the risk is that they may simply give up at first sight of the enemy and donate their weapons to them.
Ah, yes, Belarus. You know, there may be many Russian speakers in Ukraine but this pales when compared to Russian speakers in Belarus. The map in the beginning here did show the city names in Belarusian but the leader of Belarus is in this video consistenly referred to by his Russian name: Alexand(e)r Lukashenko. The Belarusian form of his name is Aljaksandar Łukašenka, as unstressed e's and o's become are spelled as a's in Belarusian and despite its similarity to Polish Ł, Belarusian Ł is pronounced as a regular L. In fact, I have been told but haven't been able to confirm that the most vibrant Belarusian speaking societies are in Belarus' neighbouring countries of Poland and Lithuania, heck even TVP (the Polish national broadcaster) has (or had) a Belarusian language station called Belsat. So it's a sad situation with the Belarusian language in Belarus. A shame as I find Belarusian to be the most interesting of the three major East Slavic languages.
@@donimoo Yes, I have heard and read about this somewhere. I really hope this will turn the tide and the Belarusian language will become the prestige language of Belarus.
Amen-Its the best time for the Belarus citizens to rise up against their dictator,just like their railroad union which removed the tracks Russia was resupplying their troops in Ukraine.This would add pressure on Putin.Maybe Georgians and Chechnya's should too fight for liberty
Remember, Russia started in Kiev-Rus. So Ukraine is actually the Original Russia. Belorusia, is where the Royal Family went into hiding when the Bolsheviks took over.
Yes, Russia is in fact the offshoot.
I will subscriblle
Lukashenko is on putin's payroll dud he going to help him
3:25 since participation of anarchists in the uprising is shown in this video, I think is good to mention that there are many anarchist in belarussian prisons because of this. The prosecution that the anarchist movement suffers there caused many comrades to be in prison.
Thank-thank you. I am Belarusian and I agree with what the host is saying.
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Russia needed them to came fast near Kiev ,because they know that from Russia it would be extremely hard to get near Kiev... It is just 200 km trip from Belarus border to Kiev...
The addition of 15,000 soldiers isn’t going to make or break Russia’s operations. The risk of destabilizing Belarus isn’t worth it. Belarus is already tying-down Ukrainian forces, simply by their existence. They’re not going to become directly involved unless NATO escalates.
I am really not an expert on Belarus, but it seems to me that joining the war would be very risky für Lukaschenka. He could risk a coup or a civil war if some commanders disobey. Russia might not be in the best position to keep him in power right now if this happens.
Belarusian Generals don't want to get picked off by foreign snipers like Wali.
When Ukraine has finished giving Russia a good pasting, Belorus had better watch out, as had Crimea, and Donbas.
"Americans want to democratise us. OK, but why not go and democratise Saudi Arabia. Are we anything like Saudi Arabia? No, we are far from that. So why aren't they democratising Saudi Arabia? Because they are bastards, but they are their bastards." - Alexander Lukashenko
well big difference is also the fact that well. Most saudi Arabians doesn't really care for Democracy it has never been their way. Belarus however yeah some is against the idea, but well the vast majority of Belarusians want to be a true Democracy and want freedom of speech and freedom of the press soo yeah not at all comparable.
Gotta sometimes love what Lukashenko says. Sometimes speaks truth
The difference - aside from the whole oil thing - is that Saudi Arabia has never claimed to be democratic. They’re a totalitarian absolute monarchy, but they like it that way and they own it. Whereas Lukashenko still holds elections and then insults the intelligence of his people by claiming to have won 80% of the popular vote
5:27 PPT
nice
What about Transnistria
@Addison Smith. See "War Stories with Mark Felton - UA-cam"
I am Belarusian, never voted for Lukashenko. However, Russian police forces didn't participate in Belarusian crisis 2020-2021 in any capacity. You are lying. The only personnel Russia sent were TV station crews to replace striking Belarusians from state TV.
They allowed Russian troops to invade from Belarus, so they are complicit in this war.
Cannon fodder..there i answered your question
That’s very nice of you to collect donations to help the homeless Ukrainian refugees, but did you also do the same thing for the Syrian refugees?
Ukrainians set few defense lines on border with Belarus , without heavy equipment, training, and morale, they won't be able to break them.
5:26 Hilbert be like it was a misinput God damn it.
Большинство беларусов за Россию. А в интернете пишут комментарии против России польские ботофермы
Belarus's president said he would send in the Belarusian army to support the Russian army if asked.
I heard about that.
Which probably means Putin won’t ask, tbh, else he’d have kept his mouth shut.
When Lukashenko opens his mouth and a sound comes out, it's a lie. So whatever he says makes no difference.
The Belarusian opposition as well as some impoverished nations in Europe can be considered western satellite states too, as they're too dependent on EU aid.
I swear at the end of the video i heard you say thanks for subscribbling... XD it's totally ok if you did and you should do it in every video meow.
I'd like a video about Belarusian batallion that is defending Kyiv on Ukrainian side
Is my hearing off, or did he end this video by saying "consider subscribbling"?
I would think in Russia it would be evenly split 50 percent support Vladimir Putin sending the Russian army into Ukraine.
Then 50 percent oppose Putin sending in the Russian army into Ukraine.
I think there is a paramilitary group in Russia they are probably in the DPR and LPR now they are a group called the Union of Donbass Volunteers.
I think I saw that there is a force of 554,000 paramilitary Vladimir Putin could send or ask to be sent into Donbass or the Donbass I should say.
Hey, you should maybe think about reuploading the video, if you don't want that some of your personal information gets leaked.
More enthusiasm, please, I almost fell asleep
Hilbert my guy, you need to put a pop filter in front of your microphone
Will Russia annex Belarus someday?
Alright, is the video arguing that NATO should want Belarus to get involved in the Ukraine conflict, because Lukashenko’s regime likely won’t survive if it does?
That would be a welcome event.
Belarusian here, we're just a puppy state. No Russia = no Belarus
Why haven't Ukraine cut down trees to block highway in places.