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News,22 Mar 2022,5 mins

Fighting for Ukraine - the Belarusian resistance movement

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Among the foreign fighters heading to Ukraine to fight against Russia are dissidents from Belarus. They see the war as a battle both against Vladimir Putin’s forces but also against the regime of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, which has heavily backed Moscow. For 5 Minutes On - the BBC's Europe correspondent Mark Lowen met some of the recruits in Warsaw preparing for the journey.

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