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Alexander Lukashenko claims that the detained “terrorists” were preparing terrorist acts throughout Belarus.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on December 25 that Belarusian special services had detained the “terrorist group” of former political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich. This was reported by the Belarusian state news agency BELTA.
“We recently detained Autukhovich’s group. The scoundrels are the last. Now we are all they the channels were opened. They carried tons of weapons around Ukraine. And if our guys (I ordered everyone to receive state awards right away) hadn’t been covered, oh, it would have been New Years … [Автуховича], frankly, underrated. The State Security Committee informed me. Well, you have to deal with him … Underrated. They were preparing terrorist attacks throughout the country and they have already begun to carry them out. Over that and burned. The Chekists and the police carried out this operation. Well, just great! Thank God they were detained, ”Lukashenka said.
According to him, undercover law enforcement officers are working in other active groups.
“There are several more groups. Two or three of yours. [человека в этих группировках] it is, from there [из-за границы] Send us. For Ukraine. Through Poland, Lithuania is now very difficult: the border was hermetically closed. And with Ukraine they have already closed it, the mouse will not crawl. Sometimes they pass through Russia, we have no borders. But it’s not the same. We keep this problem under strict control, “says Lukashenka.
Since August 9, massive protests by those who disagree with the results of the presidential elections have continued in Belarus. According to official data, at that time they were won by the head of state Alexander Lukashenko, for whom 80.1% of the voters voted. The second place with 10.1% of the votes was held by the Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the rallies using grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.
Tikhanovskaya stated on November 28 that eight people had died during protests in Belarus.
Lukashenka has repeatedly accused neighboring countries of participating in the protests in Belarus, in particular Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On October 2, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against 40 people responsible for falsifying the results of the presidential elections and forcingly suppressing peaceful protests. On November 6, the EU imposed sanctions against Lukashenko, who considers himself President of Belarus, and 14 other Belarusian officials. Ukraine joined the sanctions. On December 17, the EU introduced the third package of sanctions against Belarus; the restrictive measures affected 29 people and seven organizations.
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