Will Wagner pull Belarus into the war in Ukraine? Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Interview

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition movement has told DW the presence of the Wagner group leader in her country is a threat to the security of Europe and Belarus' independence. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was speaking following the arrival of Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus after a deal was struck between the country's leader, Alexander Lukashenko, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya told DW's Alexandra von Nahmen she's worried it could drag Belarus into the war in Ukraine. She said: "Lukashenko is fully loyal to Putin, he will fulfill all the orders of Putin. And if let's imagine Putin gives Lukashenko the order to get rid of Prigozhin, he will do this." The Belarusian opposition leader added that NATO should react to Russia transporting its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. She told us: "I would like the West to be more concerned than they are at the moment. I still feel that the democratic world is keeping silent about the deployment of nuclear weapon in Belarus. I'm not sure if even the part of this weapon is already in our country, but of course it's a huge threat for our sovereignty. So that's why I really want this topic of deployment of nuclear weapon to be more discussed, at the NATO summit, on national levels, in UN structures." Ms. Tsikhanouskaya's interview came as she met key figures in Brussels, including the European Council President Charles Michel. Subscribe: youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirma… For more news go to: www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: youtube.com/dwdeutsch #SviatlanaTsikhanouskaya #Belarus #wagnergroup

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