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Workers’ Liberty members met with members of Sotsialny Rukh (SR Social Movement) in Lviv and Kyiv during our visit to Ukraine in August 2023. SR emerged from the regrouping of (and splits from) the left which took place around the Maidan Revolution of Dignity in late 2013 and early 2014. It was formally launched in 2015 and now has functioning branches in three Ukrainian cities, plus members in others.
Only a fortnight before Putin attacked Ukraine, using Belarus as one of the launch pads for his invasion, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko issued Decree No. 34. Signed off on 9 February, the decree ordered that call-up papers for “active-duty military service” were to be issued to all Belarusian males who turned 18 years of age in the period February-May.