# Tsikhanouskaya on how Russia’s closest ally is playing the US

https://mins.news/en/video/119328

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-28 15:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BSONMSd5wc

> Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warns that while Alexander Lukashenko remains in power, Belarus will keep serving Kremlin interests and threatening Ukraine and its European neighbors. She discusses his backing for Russia’s war, the risks of US engagement with his regime, and political prisoners.

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