Belarusian Coup Plotters Train in Poland
A group of Belarusian exiles is receiving training in Poland to prepare for a day when they return to Belarus to take on the government of President Alexander Lukashenko, The Times reported on Sunday.
The Times spoke with Belarusians who were training in a field behind a business park in Poznan, Poland. The training was organized by Bypol, a group of former officers from Belarusian security services that was formed after the 2020 presidential election in Belarus and the protests that followed.
The elections saw Lukashenko win another term, but the results were rejected by opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her supporters, who say the vote was rigged. The US and the EU also rejected the results and increased sanctions on Belarus, pushing Lukashenko closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
