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Byelorussian border forces discovered that three members of the Belarusian opposition Coordination Council were trying to escape to Ukraine after all three were reported missing less than a day earlier, the Belarus news agency. BelTA News.
Anton Rodnenkov, Ivan Kravtsov and Maria Kolesnikova were found to be “trying to leave Belarusian territory via the Aleksandrovka international route on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.” This information was announced by Mr. Anton Bychkovsky, representative of the National Border Committee of Belarus, around 4 am, 8-9 (local time, 8 am Vietnam time).
The Minsk administration considers the behavior of these three people to be an illegal border crossing. Rodnenkov and Kravtsov escaped and entered the territory of Ukraine, while Ms. Kolesnikova was captured again.
The Belarusian opposition has yet to comment on the news. BelTA just announced.
Mr. Anton Rodnenkov, Mrs. Maria Kolesnikova and Mr. Ivan Kravtsov (in order from right to left). Photo: GOMEL NOVOSTI / FACEBOOK
“Rodnenkov, Kravtsov and Ms. Kolesnikova passed the border post in a BMW and headed for Ukraine. However, when they saw the border force, the car suddenly sped up, causing a threat to Ukraine,” Bychkovsky said. with a border officer. “
“Ms. Kolesnikova appeared out of the car. In fact, she was pushed out of the car as the car continued to move towards Ukraine,” explained Mr. Bychkovsky.
Bychkovsky also said that Belarusian border forces had added garrison forces and increased control over the border.
Earlier on September 7, the Belarusian media reported that Kolesnikova was “kidnapped” by a group of people wearing masks in the morning. Rodnenkov and Kravtsov were also reported to have disappeared shortly after.
Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader taking refuge in neighboring Lithuania, accused the Minsk authorities of arresting three of their allies to “intimidate” and “undermine the operations of the Coordination Council”. “according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The country’s Coordinating Council also accused the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko of being behind the “kidnapping” case.
However, the Minsk authorities immediately denied the allegations. The police have also started investigating the disappearance of Ms Kolesnikova.
On the morning of August 7, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab also quickly expressed concern about the disappearance of Ms. Kolesnikova.
Berlin and London have called on the Lukashenko government to take responsibility for finding Kolesnikova and threaten to punish them if the incident worsens.
Screenshot of Ivan Kravtsov’s video shared by BelTA on Telegram.
Before there was information about this illegal border crossing, BelTA shared on the social network Telegram a video showing Mr. Kravtsov announcing his decision to flee Belarus.
“I have decided to leave this country. And right now, we, including Ms. Kolesnikova, will cross the Belarusian border and leave at the appropriate time,” Kravtsov said in the video.
New developments involving the three above-mentioned opposition figures further disturbed the situation in Belarus.
The protests dragged on after the results of the presidential elections were announced in early August. Lukashenko was reelected by an overwhelming majority of votes, but the opposition accused him of electoral fraud and did not recognize the results. I’ll pay.
Belarusian opposition figures regularly accuse the Minsk administration of posing a threat to them and their family.
(PLO) – A group of masked people kidnapped Belarus’ main opposition Maria Kolesnikova in the capital Minsk on the morning of September 7. Her two allies also disappeared after that.
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