# Valery Sakhashchyk

> Valery Stepanovich Sakhashchyk is a former commander of the Belarusian 38th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sakhashchyk launched video appeals calling for Belarusian forces to refuse to participate in any attack against Ukraine. From 9 August 2022 to 1 August 2024, he was the effective defence minister of the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet, a government-in-exile opposed to the de facto government of Alexander Lukashenko.

*Belarusian lieutenant colonel and pro-democratic politician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/valery-sakhashchyk

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1964-08-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Valeryj Sachaščyk](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeryj_Sacha%C5%A1%C4%8Dyk)
- [Валерый Сцяпанавіч Сахашчык](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BA)
- [Valery Sakhashchyk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Sakhashchyk)
- [Сахащик Валерій Степанович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Valeryj Sachaščyk](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeryj_Sacha%C5%A1%C4%8Dyk)
- [Сахащик, Валерий Степанович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113482811)

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