Lukashenko Was Forced To Make A Humiliating Confession
4- 24.08.2026, 9:08
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The propaganda brought up a fact that was painful for the dictator.
"That was powerful!" writes a Telegram channel close to Lukashenko, posting footage from six years ago: the leader, during yet another march of thousands in Minsk, running through the palace grounds with an unloaded assault rifle.
Perhaps this is the propaganda machine’s way of trying to boost the morale of both its patron and itself, reminding everyone once again that Lukashenko is “here once and for all” and “won’t run anywhere.”
“Six years have passed, and these images still get under the skin of the ‘enemies of the people,’” claims the channel’s author, unaware that he is effectively confessing.
Six years ago, “taking to the streets” with weapons became a turning point. Lukashenko thereby definitively cemented his seizure of power, which he intended from that point on to maintain solely through brute and armed force. Which is exactly what he’s been doing ever since.

Shortly thereafter came the infamous and fateful directive, “Sometimes we don’t need laws,” which set in motion the transformation of law enforcement agencies into the regime’s personal guard.
The newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov began suppressing popular protests as if they were a military operation. Court insiders also took part in nighttime raids on protesters, such as the author of the aforementioned Telegram channel Natalia Eismont.
His “dancing with the Kalashnikov” has led to the elderly leader now being presented with an automatic rifle “not for war”: by suppressing the protests, he became totally dependent on Russia and ultimately dragged Belarus into the bloodiest European conflict of the century.
His henchmen also give each other weapons as gifts, reminding themselves and others that in 2020 they defeated their own people.
Kirill Ivanov, “Solidarnast”