Belarus' opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says regime change just a matter of time

Tsikhanouskaya said, "This constant repression that we have been going through for four, almost five years, already hasn't made people forgive or forget, or to deny their pro-European perspectives. This visible quietness of the country doesn't mean that people gave up. It means that people are preparing and they will be ready when there will be the possibility."

According to the Belarusian human rights center Vyasna, over 50,000 people have been detained on political grounds after mass protests broke out following Lukashenko's 2020 presidential election win and at least 5,472 people have been convicted in politically-motivated criminal cases.

The United Nations estimates that around 300,000 Belarusians have left the country since then, with most going to Poland and Lithuania.

Belarus' opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says regime change just a matter of time