Three Belarusians, who tried to prevent the transportation of military equipment to Ukraine in the first days of the Russian invasion, have been sentenced to prison terms of 21-23 years.

Source: Gomel Spring Human Rights Centre

Details: According to the explanation by the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Oleg Molchanov, Dmitrii Ravich and Denis Dikun set fire to the relay cabinet on the Zherd-Ostankovichi station on the railway road leading to Ukraine on 28 February, the fifth day of the full-scale war. As a result of their actions, the traffic lights and arrows on this section of the road were disabled for some time.

The court in Gomel, Belarus, charged the "railway partisans" with articles of "terrorism", "treason", "deliberate damage to communication routes" and "participation in an extremist formation".

The court sentenced Molchanov to 21 years of imprisonment, Ravich to 22 years, Dikun to 23 years. They were also fined 4,800 Belarusian rubles each and the property found during the searches was confiscated.

Why don't Belarusians rise up and throw out occupants along with their dictator? Hmm, must be because of insufficient sanctions. Must squeeze them a bit more.

Try to beat a 20 years prison term, squeezers!

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Black Eagles doing Black Eagle things will be remembered by belarussians abroad.

Is there some way to donate to these brave heroes to pay for their fines and other financial problems they are facing? These men should be rewarded for doing what their government is too scared/corrupt/immoral to do.

That's about 1800usd fine for those curious.

+ their houses

also accounting for PPP, the equivalent of $1.8k in Belarus is like $5k-6k in US

They would need to seek asylum in another country.

Real heroes. If only russians were at least a bit like them. Oh well.

Heroes, all three of them