(5 Oct 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Warsaw - 5 October 2022 1. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader talking at the disscusion panel 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: leader: " We are preparing our partisans, you know, to act decisively at this very moment. The acts of sabotage that took place in February and March can be repeated again, though people who are making these acts of sabotage can face death penalty. But it is like our future of Belarusians to step over fears and to act to help Belarus and to help Ukraine." 3. Tsikhanouskaya approaches the podium 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: leader: "As I speak, Belarusian battalion is part of Ukraine's counter-offensive chasing the invaders away. We all understand that the speed of changes at the Ukrainian front opens new opportunities for Belarus. And it's moving so fast. " 5. Various of Tsikhanouskaya durring the speech 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: leader: "We have a distracted Russia that is about to lose this war. It won't be able to prop Lukashenko up with money and military support as in 2020." 7. Various of Tsikhanouskaya durring the speech 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: leader: "It became clear that there will be no safe Ukraine and there will be no safe Europe without free Belarus. Belarus is not only part of the problem is also part of the solution." 9. Various of Tsikhanouskaya durring the speech 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: leader: "Unlike thousands of those behind bars we have the freedom to act. Not to fake deep concerns, but to make a real difference. Now it's our turn, now is time for us to lead." 11. Tsikhanouskaya leaving STORYLINE: The Belarus opposition leader said Wednesday she believes Russian military setbacks in Ukraine could shake the hold on power of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, speaking at a security conference in Warsaw, said "We have a distracted Russia that is about to lose this war." "It won't be able to prop Lukashenko up with money and military support as in 2020." Tsikhanouskaya fled to Lithuania after Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in disputed August 2020 elections that were viewed in the West as fraudulent, and which many thought she won. She said that hundreds of Belarusian volunteers have supported Ukrainians in their recent liberation of Ukrainian territory. She added that the "speed of changes" at the Ukrainian front "opens new opportunities" for Belarus. Russia is facing mounting setbacks in Ukraine as Ukrainian forces retake more and more land in the east and in the south - the very regions Russia has said it seeks to annex. Tsikhanouskaya hailed the Belarusian partisans who carried out acts of sabotage early in the war on the railway system in Belarus to hamper the Russians in their assault on Ukraine, and said Belarusians would continue to oppose the war as they can. “We are preparing our partisans, you know, to act decisively at this very moment," she revealed.   AP video shot by Rafal Niedzielski. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e6c511a6a3d04fe49dabe4a8445e712e