Military officers wrote in an open letter to the Belarusian president that joining Russia to fight in Ukraine would be 'pure suicide.'
of its military forces in order to test its army's combat readiness, according to the Belarusian defense ministry.
Belarusian military officers expressed their opposition to the Russian war in Ukraine in a letter sent to President Alexander Lukashenko. Above, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko are seen during their joint press conference at the Kremlin on September 9, 2021 in Moscow.
They continued:"At the present moment officers from the fifth brigade of the Special Forces have observed the most serious infringement of Clause One of the Belarus Constitution by Russia's highest political leadership. According to this Clause, the Belarus Republic maintains supremacy and full authority on its own territory. It also enjoys independence over its internal and foreign politics.