Oleg Kopyl is the First Deputy Head of the Main Department – Head of the Department of Moral and Psychological Support of the Main Department of Ideological Work of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus.
Being a high-ranking member of the Belarusian armed forces, Oleg Kopyl is participating in the actions of Belarus supporting the Russian attack against Ukraine.
Belarus is facilitating the Russian military attack against Ukraine by allowing Russia to fire ballistic missiles from Belarus into Ukraine, enabling transportation of Russian military personnel and heavy weapons, tanks, and military transporters in Belarus (road and railway transportation) to Ukraine, allowing Russian military aircraft to fly over Belarusian airspace into Ukraine, providing refuelling points in Belarus for Russian military aircraft engaged in activities against Ukraine, and storing Russian weapons and military equipment in Belarus.
Function: Colonel; the First Deputy Head of the Main Department – Head of the Department of Moral and Psychological Support of the Main Department of Ideological Work of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus