Days after allowing Russia to launch its attack on Ukraine from his country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has overseen a referendum which authorises him to ditch the nation’s non-nuclear status.
Days after allowing Russia to launch its attack on Ukraine from his country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has overseen a referendum which authorises him to ditch the nation’s non-nuclear status.
Belarusians are voting in a constitutional referendum that the country’s authoritarian leader called to cement his 27-year-old grip on power, even as he offers the country’s territory to his ally Russia to invade Ukraine