President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting with members of the security Council instructed immediately to turn to Moscow for explanations in connection with the detention in Belarus of the militants. The Russian Embassy in Belarus announced that it has received official notification of the arrest of 32 Russian citizens on the territory of the Republic.”I invited you in order to deal with this, we can say the disaster that happened tonight. Otherwise it will not name”— said the Belarusian President at the meeting (quoted by BelTA).He noted that he sees the reaction of the Russian side of the incident. “They are apologizing, they say that almost we have brought here. Clearly, it is necessary to justify their dirty intentions. So I would ask that in this situation, and this fact was all very frankly and honestly. If Russian citizens (and I understand they questioned), then it is necessary to address immediately to the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation, they explained what was happening,” said Mr. Lukashenko.In addition, Alexander Lukashenko considers it necessary to “appeal to the Russian media, including Telegram-channels to them, as Putin said, Blizzard did not drive”. “If guilty, it is to this situation is to go with dignity. Not to blame — well, we have no purpose to discredit close to us the country,” he said.The Chairman of state security Committee of Belarus Valery Vakulchik during the meeting confirmed that the detainees in the sanatorium of Minsk citizens of Russia are members of the “PMC Wagner.” According to him, the arrest operation took place at around 05:30 local time (same as GMT). Read dolecek previously reported by the Agency BelTA, the law enforcement agencies of Belarus received information about the arrival on the territory of the Republic more than 200 militants to destabilize the situation during the election campaign. On the night of 29 July near Minsk were detained 32 militants “PMC Wagner”, another gunman in the South of the country. Last week, Mr. Lukashenko pointed out the possibility of artificial destabilization of the situation in the country by some external forces on the eve of the presidential election. They are scheduled for 9 August.Read more about the situation in Belarus — in the material “Kommersant” “Here Belarus, here Russ smells.”
