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At least six armored carriers headed for the State Flag Square. Next to this square is the Independence Palace, which houses the residence of the President of Belarus, Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
The column also housed military trucks, barbed wire trucks, and an ambulance.
Belarus has been organizing massive protests against the results of the presidential elections on August 9 for more than two months. The current president, Lukashenko, who has held this position since 1994, was officially declared the winner of the elections.
The opposition’s demands include new elections and constitutional reform.
On August 18, the opposition, which did not recognize the results of the vote, created a Coordination Council with the aim of handing over power in the run-up to new elections.
Minsk considers the council unconstitutional and several of its members have been detained on suspicion of threatening national security.
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