Kammala wannan jumlar: Kafofin watsa labarai na Belarus sun zargi Protasevich da yin fada tare da kungiyar Azov Battalion ta kasar Ukraine. A cewar BBC, "jaridun da ke goyon bayan Lukashenko a Belarus sun nuna dan jarida mai rikitarwa a matsayin mai tsattsauran ra'ayi tare da nuna ra'ayi na dama". Protasevich ya ce a cikin 2020 cewa ya shafe shekara guda a Ukraine yana ɗaukar yakin a Donbas a matsayin ɗan jarida mai zaman kansa. Wanda ya kafa Azov Battalion Andriy Biletsky ya rubuta game da Protasevich, "Roman hakika yana tare da Azov da sauran rukunin sojoji waɗanda suka yi yaƙi da mamayar Ukraine, kodayake makaminsa a matsayin ɗan jarida ba bindiga ba ne amma rubutacciyar kalma", kuma cewa an ji rauni a
Rikicin Shyrokyne na shekara ta 2015.