"During the so-called interview, Verameichyk spoke of plans for an alleged incursion into Belarus, similar to the Ukrainian military's operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.Verameichyk also acknowledged some of the challenges he faced during his military service in Ukraine, which Belarusian state-controlled television tried to distort and use to portray Ukrainian military life as rife with drug abuse, corruption, and a pervasive fear of death by the hands of one’s own fellow soldiers.After being arrested in Vietnam in November, Verameichyk was swiftly extradited to Belarus. It is believed that he was targeted in a coordinated operation by Lukashenko’s security services for having served in the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment of Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine.“It seems to me that the regime is using all of this for the domestic audience.