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“We are forced to take the troops off the streets. As I said, half the army will arm and close the state border with the West, first of all with Lithuania and Poland. We are forced to strengthen the state border, with great regret, with our fraternal Ukraine, Lukashenko said at the Women’s Forum.
He said he was sending “half the army” to strengthen the protection of the western borders.
Mr. Lukashenko added that he would strengthen the protection of the state of the Union with the help of the Russian authorities.
“In recent days, I have been forced to work with the Russian president and the defense minister to create a common defense for the state of the Union,” he said Thursday.
Among other things, he denied that the August 9 elections were falsified.
“I swear to you, there was no lie during the elections. It is impossible to falsify 80 percent. Elections [balsų]Lukashenko said, adding that he did not need anyone to recognize the vote in his country.
Lukashenko also called on Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland to suspend “their crazy politicians. There are very few technicians left in his arsenal and we are on the brink of a terrible disaster. “
For more than a month there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, which were declared won by Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and western countries consider these elections to be rigged.
According to the official election results, Lukashenko received the support of 80.1 percent. opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya received 10.12 percent of the vote. votes.
Two days after the elections, S. Cichanouskaja left for Lithuania under pressure from the authorities. On August 18, her supporters created a Coordination Council with a view to a peaceful handover of power and new elections. Minsk considers this institution unconstitutional.
According to Cichanouskaya, violence by anti-government protesters by security forces has killed at least seven people and left dozens more.
The European Union has previously approved plans to impose sanctions on those responsible for the violence in Belarus. The US State Department has also announced that it is preparing to impose sanctions on Minsk and is consulting with the EU on this.
Head of SBGS: Cross-border traffic with Belarus is currently underway
Traffic through the border crossings between Lithuania and Belarus is ongoing, information on possible changes or restrictions has not yet been received from the Belarusian services, the head of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) Rustamas Liubajevas told BNS Thursday night.
“We don’t have that information yet. I just spoke with the team leaders, so far, the cross-border process is taking place.” This is unexpected information for us, we are trying to contact our Belarusian colleagues, we have exchange channels of information, but so far we cannot confirm or deny that information, “R. Lubayev told BNS.
Tamašunienė: The Ministry of the Interior has no information about the changes on the border between Belarus and Lithuania
The Interior Ministry (MIA) has no information on possible restrictions on the border between Belarus and Lithuania, says Minister Rita Tamašunienė.
“At the moment, neither the firewall commander nor the general is informed that something is changing between the border crossings of Lithuania and Belarus, but we have heard the message announced by Lukashenko and the representative of our State Border Guard Service received instructions. to find out all the information “. The minister told BNS on Thursday evening.
According to her, transportation across the border has been running smoothly so far.
More on the situation in Belarus, in a video report:
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