Kyiv: Russia recruited almost 600 Belarusians to fight against Ukraine in H1

September 3, Pozirk. At least 596 Belarusian nationals signed military service contracts with Russia to fight alongside Russian troops against Ukraine in the first half of 2025, reports the Ukrainian hochuzhit.com service that helps Russian troops safely surrender.

“The Ukrainian and Belarusian peoples have never been enemies. We have nothing to fight over,” the initiative said, accusing Minsk of sacrificing the people to the Kremlin in exchange for the latter’s support.

Not a single person was persecuted by Minsk for fighting on the Russian side in contrast to Belarusian volunteers who defend Ukraine and face heavy punishments in Belarus.

In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.

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