Belorussian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s KGB security service has added two journalists to its terrorism list. Seeing as both individuals now live in Poland, and that terrorism is punishable by death in Belarus, this announcement must be seen as a threat to Polish sovereignty.

In turn, the United States should lead its NATO allies in warning Lukashenko that any extrajudicial action against Stepan Putilo and Roman Protasevich will be grounds for military retaliation. The creators of Nexta Live, an independent media outlet covering Belarus outside of Lukashenko’s insipid state media apparatus, the two men are helping to bring the truth of their nation out to the world. The truth, more specifically, that following his Aug. 9 Kim Jong Un-statistical-style theft of the presidential election, Lukashenko has embarked on a campaign of terror against his own people.