{"id":13019,"date":"2026-09-03T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/13019\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:39:12","slug":"belarusian-opposition-leader-warns-of-russian-provocations-against-nato-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/13019\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian opposition leader warns of Russian provocations against NATO from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia could use Belarusian territory and military infrastructure for provocations against NATO countries and further escalation of tensions, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Source: Lithuanian public broadcaster <a data-ylk=\"slk:LRT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/en\/news-in-english\/19\/3041074\/belarusian-opposition-leader-says-russia-could-use-belarus-to-provoke-nato\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">LRT<\/a>, as reported by European Pravda<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Details: Tsikhanouskaya said self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko remains willing to provide territory and infrastructure for potential Russian offensive or intimidation operations against the alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tsikhanouskaya, who is currently in Warsaw, said she had received information about the construction of new military infrastructure in Belarus near the border with Ukraine, as well as along the country&#8217;s borders with European Union member states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We must be very cautious \u2013 we see that the infrastructure for Oreshnik missiles is deployed in Belarus; they are threatening and blackmailing with nuclear weapons,&#8221; Tsikhanouskaya noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added that Russia and Belarus are already carrying out hybrid attacks against NATO countries, targeting Lithuania, Poland and Latvia in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her comments came amid growing concern in the Baltic region about potential Russian military activity and hybrid threats, including cyberattacks, disinformation and the use of drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Background:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Your support on <a data-ylk=\"slk:Patreon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pravdaua\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon<\/a> helps us keep the news free and accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia could use Belarusian territory and military infrastructure for provocations against NATO countries and further escalation of tensions,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[283,7246,445,151,7811,7,20,3435,610,7810],"class_list":["post-13019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-belarus","tag-belarusian","tag-european-pravda","tag-european-union","tag-lithuanian","tag-nato","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya","tag-tsikhanouskaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}