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Pavel Latushka: Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Representative of the Cabinet for the Transition of Power, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Leader of the "Latushka Team and the Movement 'For Freedom'" faction within the 3rd convocation of the Coordination Council Pavel Latushka on how the regime is gradually building an updated repressive system in Belarus. Recently, the commander of the internal troops Nikolai Karpenkov announced a major reorganization of special units. The special purpose detachment "Buran" in the Gomel region has been transformed into a separate military unit No. 3033. In the near future, the special purpose detachment "Shtorm" in the Brest region will also be transformed into a military unit. The Minsk military unit 3310 will become a special purpose brigade, and the capital's unit 5448 will receive the status of an operational purpose unit. These units are being equipped with grenade launchers, anti-tank systems, flamethrowers, large-caliber machine guns, and BTR-82 armored personnel carriers. Special unmanned aviation centers are being created. There are already three such centers within the internal troops, and a fourth will be established specifically in the "Buran" detachment. What does this mean? It means the expansion and institutionalization of forces designed to suppress internal crisis. Moreover, the regime speaks about this completely openly. Karpenkov directly stated that the reforms of the special units are being carried out taking into account the experience of suppressing so-called "color revolutions" in other countries — in Georgia, Serbia, and Iran. And when we see how in Belarus the control over the economy and the special units for suppressing protests are being strengthened simultaneously, it becomes clear: the regime is not preparing for the development of the country — it is preparing to retain power at any cost. But such a system has a fundamental problem: it destroys the economy.

Pavel Latushka: Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Representative of the Cabinet for the Transition of Power, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Leader of the "Latushka Team and the Movement 'For Freedom'" faction within the 3rd convocation of the Coordination Council.   We have repeatedly warned that helping Lukashenko circumvent sanctions can result in prosecution and even imprisonment. Among other things, we reported that the European Council and the European Parliament reached a political agreement on criminal liability for violations of EU sanctions. February 18, 2026 became a landmark date in the chronicle of the fight against sanctions evasion in Europe. A joint operation by Poland's National Tax Administration and the Internal Security Agency led to the detention of a group of six people — four Belarusian citizens and two Polish citizens. It is important to note that the issue is not the nationality of those detained, but the very fact of the law being broken. Officers of Poland's Internal Security Agency escorting a suspect in a espionage case. Photo: Leszek Szymanski/EPA/dpa/picture alliance The subject of the crime was a device for automating the production of integrated circuits intended for the assembly of combat drones. The route: Poland — Belarus — Russia. This is a signal that the grey zone of transit through Belarus has definitively become a zone of heightened risk and inevitable accountability. In this case, Polish law enforcement acted within the framework of an investigation linked to national security. This is not about a formal violation of export procedures, but an attempt to circumvent the sanctions regime in force against Russia and the Lukashenko regime that supports it. For a long time there existed an illusion that sanctions were merely "political declarations" that could be bypassed through complex logistics, shell companies, and the substitution of customs codes. However, by 2026, the EU and Polish control mechanisms had undergone a profound transformation.

Office for Foreigners. Warsaw, Poland. Photo: NAM Media Today a meeting took place between the Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and NAM leader Pavel Latushka and the Head of the Office for Foreigners Tomasz Cytrynowicz. The meeting was also attended by the head of the legal commission of the Coordination Council Mikhail Kirylyuk and representative of the Center for Belarusian Solidarity Volha Dobravolskaya. The meeting discussed the following issues: legalization in Poland of 83 political prisoners  who were released and deported to Ukraine in December 2025 and have decided to legalize their status in Poland. egalization of three released political prisoners  who were deported to Lithuania on March 19 of this year and on March 21, with the consent of Polish authorities, entered Poland for subsequent legalization. Tomasz Cytrynowicz informed Pavel Latushka that positive decisions on international protection in Poland have been issued for 17 released political prisoners , citizens of Belarus. The representative of the Polish agency also noted that efforts are being made to accelerate the legalization procedure for other released political prisoners whose documents are currently under review at the Office. During the meeting, agreements were also reached on the priority consideration of legalization for three Belarusians who were deported by the Lukashenko regime in a group of 15 people to Lithuania and are planning to legalize their status in Poland. Taking into account the problematic issues related to lengthy waiting times for legalization decisions and obtaining travel documents for Belarusian citizens, Tomasz Cytrynowicz noted that he constantly draws the attention of Polish regional governors to the particular situation of Belarusians who encounter problems with document validity periods while in Poland. The representative of the Office for Foreigners stated that he would send a request to the governors of Poland to provide information on the status of processing applications from Belarusian citizens. During the meeting it was also noted that the Office supports extending the validity period of travel documents to two years , though this matter falls within the competence of Polish legislators. The meeting also touched upon the problematic issue of opening bank accounts for Belarusian citizens . It is planned that on March 26 Pavel Latushka will meet with the leadership of Poland's Financial Supervision Commission, with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance of Poland, to seek ways out of the difficult situation.