{"id":131499,"date":"2025-03-25T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/131499\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bnr-rada-awards-fallen-volunteer-fighter-zajcava","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/131499\/","title":{"rendered":"BNR Rada awards fallen volunteer fighter Zajcava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bnr-nagrady-25-03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BNR Rada)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 25,<em> Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Rada of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR), its exiled government, has conferred awards to several prominent Belarusians on the 107th anniversary of the BNR independence proclamation, the organization said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is the late Maryja Zajcava, who died in January aged 24 fighting Russia in Ukraine. The BNR Rada distinguished her heroism with the Order of the Iron Knight, its highest military virtue medal, awarded posthumously. Zajcava will go down in the history of the Belarusian nation as a symbol of defiance and devotion to the ideals of freedom, the Rada stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Homiel, she participated in protest rallies against electoral fraud in Minsk in 2020. On August 9, security forces wounded her with a flash-bang grenade. After several surgeries, she departed to the Czech Republic for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Zajcava volunteered to fight alongside Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BNR Rada also presented the Order of Pahonia to exiled Catholic priest Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Barok, Ukraine-based rights activist Ta\u0107ciana Hacura-Javorskaja, <em>RFE\/RL<\/em> journalist Aleh Hruzdzi\u0142ovi\u010d and Kry\u015bcina \u0160yjanok, an activist in charge of the Belarusian pro-democracy forces\u2019 representation in Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BNR Rada was formed in 1918 shortly before Belarus briefly declared independence from Russia during&nbsp;World War I and is now based in Canada. It is considered Belarus\u2019 oldest government in exile. Ivonka Survi\u0142a has headed it since 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nacionalnyj_flag_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BNR Rada: \u0141uka\u0161enka lacked legitimacy to sign security guarantees deal with Russia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 9, Pozirk. The approval of the security guarantees deal by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Russian President Vladimir Putin three days ago fixes Belarus &quot;in the orbit of Moscow&#039;s military interests,\u201d said the Rada of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR). Signed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117316\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 25, Pozirk. The Rada of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR), its exiled government, has conferred awards to several prominent Belarusians on the 107th anniversary of the BNR independence proclamation, the organization said on social media. One of them is the late Maryja Zajcava, who died in January aged 24 fighting Russia in Ukraine. 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