The president of Belarus is facing criticism for not canceling a mass military parade on Saturday to commemorate the end of World War II. The government 'simply cannot cancel the parade,' he said. 'It's an emotional, deeply ideological event.'
World War II veterans Pyotr Vorobyev , 90, and Pavel Yeroshenko, 94, attend a performance in Minsk by the 120th Rogachev Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces ahead of the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II. Belarus is raising eyebrows — and concerns — by going ahead with a mass military parade marking the anniversary on Saturday.
The country's soccer league still competes. Belarus' schools opened after a short delay. And annual Victory Day celebrations will go on. "Lukashenko prioritizes combating panic rather than combating the pandemic," Artyom Shraibman, a Minsk-based political analyst with Sense Analytics, tells NPR."He downplays the threat, and of course he's very concerned about [the] state of [the] economy."Belarus has reported over 21,000 suspected coronavirus cases and more than 120 deaths — comparatively low in the global count, but one of the fastest-growing infection rates in Europe, the World Health Organization says.
"People who normally don't talk to each other are working together to help," says Andrej Stryzhak of #ByCovid19, a group of volunteer activists leading crowdfunded efforts to equip health workers across the country."It's been magical and I don't use that word lightly."
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