Belarus claims to have repelled an aerial attack from Lithuania. Lithuania says it has not attacked anyone.
Sari Taussi,
Roni Kuronen
The Russian news agency Tass claims that the security service of Belarus has repelled an aerial attack from Lithuania to Minsk on Thursday.
A spokesman for the Lithuanian military said Thursday afternoon that it has not attacked and does not intend to attack any other country.
Earlier today, the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the risk of a military confrontation on the border between Ukraine and Belarus is currently high. At the same time, he stated that Poland should not be worried about a possible conflict with Belarus, even though Belarus has deployed troops near its country’s western border.
According to Belarusian state media Lukashenko spoke At a meeting of the People’s Congress of Belarus.
At the same time, Lukashenko claims that the Belarusian opposition is planning to seize a limited area in the western parts of the country. According to Lukashenko, the opposition could then ask NATO to send military forces to the region.
Lukashenko says that dozens of Russian nuclear weapons have been brought to Belarus. At the same time, he threatens that Minsk and Moscow will respond to possible attacks on Belarus with force and immediately, using all existing weapons.