Belarus' Lukashenko inspects forces near Lithuanian border
Reuters
Published Mar 26, 2024 08:11
Updated Mar 26, 2024 08:56
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko inspected a tank battalion near the Lithuanian border and gave orders that any "provocation" there must be met with force, a Telegram channel close to his administration said on Tuesday.
"I will say publicly: any provocation must be stopped by military means," Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was quoted as saying.
"Any violation of the state border is a shoot-to-kill."
Lithuania, a European Union and NATO member that has offered support to Belarus' opposition, has seen its relations with Minsk deteriorate sharply in recent years.
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