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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he was forced, together with the Russian authorities, “to build a common defense of the State of the Union.”
Belarus closes the border with Lithuania and Poland, the border with Ukraine will be reinforced. About it Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on September 17 during a speech at a women’s forum in Minsk. The video of her speech was published by the edition. TUT.BY в Telegram.
“Therefore, we are forced to withdraw the troops from the streets, as I have already said, to put half the army in arms and close the state border with the West, mainly with Lithuania and Poland. We are forced to strengthen the state border, with the greatest regret, with our fraternal Ukraine, “he added. – he said.
He also added that he was forced, together with the Russian authorities, to “rebuild the general protection of the State of the Union.”
Mass protests have been going on in Belarus since August 9. The protesters believe that the results of the presidential elections were falsified. According to official data, the current president of the country, Alexander Lukashenko, won with 80.1% of the voters. Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations, in particular with the use of stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, about 10,000 protesters were detained, hundreds were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.
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