General Waldemar Skrzypczak, former commander of Poland’s Ground Forces and deputy defense minister in Warsaw, says neighboring countries should be prepared for an uprising in Belarus against Oleksandr Lukashenka, Polsat News reports.

Skrzypchak, one of the most decorated Polish officers and a former commander of the Warsaw contingent in Iraq, told reporters in an interview about the recent events in Russia’s Belgorod region, where Russian partisan forces backed by Ukraine recently raided.

“Not all Russians agree with Putin’s policies,” he said, adding, however, that the military action had no strategic significance, and its goal was to destabilize the Russian administration in the region.

“I do not connect this with the expected Ukrainian counterattack, but I see in these actions a signal that, I hope, will spread more widely,” he said, also predicting that similar actions may soon take place on Belarusian territory.

The Polish general says that the Belarusians will “enthusiastically” oust Lukashenka

“If the Ukrainian counterattack ends successfully, those armed Belarusians who are part of the military potential of the Ukrainian army will not lay down their arms. They will go to Belarus. I hope this will provoke an uprising in Belarus, which worries Lukashenka,” he said.

“Let’s prepare for an uprising in Belarus, because it will happen. We must be ready to support these units that will conduct operations against Lukashenka. We have reasons to help them, as we help Ukrainians,” he emphasized.

According to him, “the Belarusian people will support them and will go against Lukashenka with enthusiasm.”

“He no longer has the military capacity to prevent such an uprising. Russia will not particularly help them, because it will have its own problems,” said the Polish general.

However, Skzypchak warned that such an uprising would certainly trigger the flight of Belarusians to Poland and that the authorities in Warsaw should prepare for such a scenario.

Lukashenko assured that he is feeling well

We will remind you that a day ago, the Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko tried to refute rumors that he is seriously ill.

He appeared in public on Tuesday and dismissed talk of his health, telling officials present: “I’m not going to die, guys,” according to a video released by Minsk state media.

“If anyone thinks I’m going to die, calm down,” he assured.

The first information about the alleged health problems of the Belarusian dictator appeared on the evening of May 9 after his participation in the Victory Parade in Moscow during the Second World War.

Reuters noted that Lukashenko appeared “tired and a little unsteady on his feet, with a bandage visible on his right arm … although he otherwise showed no obvious signs” of feeling unwell during the parade.

But in a rare departure from custom, Lukashenko skipped a state dinner hosted by Putin in the Kremlin after the celebrations and attended by other heads of state in Moscow. At first, he did not even deliver a traditional speech to Belarusians on Victory Day, and then he did not appear in public for several days.

Assumptions about his health intensified after Lukashenko signed a decree on May 16 banning high-ranking Belarusian officials from leaving the country without the permission of the KGB, Minsk’s security service.

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