He described the tragedies he saw with his own eyes on the border tonight: shots fired by Belarusian border guards in the air.

“Today was one of the most difficult nights of my life, when I observed the implementation of the decision of the Minister of the Interior (Head of Operation) to dissuade migrants from the border in preventing torture,” began V. Valentinavičius. post on the social network.

He wrote that the monitoring started around 10 p.m.

“We bypassed the Druskininkai section of the firebreak (about 30 km). In it, Belarusian officers fired flares into the air, watched our officers from the tower, and hid in the forest. We have seen an escalation from Belarus. Around two o’clock we returned to the firewall. And already at 4.15. we sat in cars and drove to the 134-135 state border sign, where I observed the actions to deter migrants from the Lithuanian border, ”he wrote.

When they reached this stretch of road, a group of 45 people had tried to move to Lithuania and were returned to Belarus.

“However, they remained on the side of Belarus and cried out for mercy, for admission to Lithuania, a safe EU country.” However, border officials asked “to go to a safe country: Belarus” and to “leave.” The group is out of place. Women with one child are moving to Lithuania, they are not deterred by any shouts from officials. I listen through the walkie-talkie: to deter, not to let in.

The mother and child are not afraid even of the dog, having hugged the child and asking to be taken to Lithuania, to have mercy. The rest of the group begs to accept this family in Lithuania. The woman has a drip on her hand, said to drip onto a child, but arriving officials are convinced that this lie continues to implement the Interior Minister’s decision to discourage. The woman with the child does not move, the officials pick up the woman with the child by the hand and take her to Belarus. The child is crying, ”wrote V. Valentinavičius.

He wrote that a group of people lined up and waited, asking how to enter Lithuania legally. The officials yelled at them: come back.

“People are not going anywhere, even now people cannot enter Lithuania by deterrence actions,” wrote V. Valentinavičius.

However, tensions at the border continue to rise, wrote V. Valentinavičius on Facebook.

“During the walkie-talkie, we heard another invitation to drive to state border sign 129, where a group of 34 people with 15 children crossed the border. Unfortunately, the Lithuanian border guards can no longer return these people to the same place, because at 5.30 in the morning. The shots of the Belarusian border guards are heard in the air, the Belarusian border guards with helmets, bananas and shields are on display.

The shots were not silenced, so since they could not return this group of people to the same place, Lithuanian officials boarded them in a bus and took them to border sign 125-126, where people were disembarked and accompanied by screams. from “go ahead” and “go” to Belarus. Accompanied by shouts from officers and soldiers, the migrants slowly moved towards Belarus, ”said the head of the Human Rights Office of the Seimas Ombudsman’s Office.

He wrote that the idea that if Belarus formed more such groups did not subside, the question arose as to whether Lithuanian officials could dissuade them.

“What about the people who become hostages of two states, one (authoritarian) that pushes a group of migrants with aerial shots and the other (democratic) that does not accept them by dissuading dogs and soldiers and armed officials?” Asked V. Valentinavičius.