'Getting Ready To Overthrow Lukashenka': The Times Article About Belarusians In Poland Causes Hysteria In Russian Media

The propagandists are scared of the "militant diaspora".

The Belarusians, who have been forced to flee the country, are undergoing combat training in Poland, The Times reports. The article has caused hysteria in the Russian media.

"My daughter doesn't know I'm here. I told her I was going to play paintball. I came here <...> to get ready to fight for Belarus," the 42-year-old volunteer, call sign "Predator," told the publication.

Another member of the formation, a 60-year-old electrician, call sign "Dzed," said they had tried to make it in a peaceful way, but "the state has never found its freedom without blood".

"I call it a militant diaspora," said the instructor and former soldier under the call sign "Skvarets". According to him, the strength of the formation is growing day by day.

The Times' publication caused hysteria in the Russian media. Russian propagandists call the Belarusians, undergoing military training, "militants who are getting ready to overthrow the regime".

The article of the British edition was republished by all the main Russian mass media.