Explosions at Machulishchy airfield: border guards in Belarus enhance check-up on border

A day after an incident at the military airbase in the village of Machulishchy in Belarus, the Belarusian border guards significantly enhanced control of people leaving the country.

Source: Radio Svaboda with reference to witnesses

Details: "They checked the bus at the exit, checked all the belongings, inspected everything," a Belarusian who crossed the border with Lithuania on 27 February told Svaboda. "Usually border guards do not check personal belongings upon departure, only passports. Now look at this. I took my equipment with me, I was worried about it. Everything was inspected thoroughly. The bus driver said he had not seen anything like this for at least a year."

The man thinks there is a connection between the enhancement of the check-up and the incident in Machulishchy on 26 February. A few more people told Svaboda that border guards thoroughly inspect the belongings of those who leave Belarus for Poland and Lithuania. Since the morning of 27 February such procedures have been conducted at the Warsaw Bridge checkpoint at the Belarusian border with Poland.

The Border Guard Committee of Belarus does not comment on the enhancement. On 27 February in the afternoon, it was revealed that Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, met with the head of security forces and leadership of the Border Guard Committee of Belarus.

Background:

• Early on Sunday, 26 February, explosions occurred at the Machulishchy airbase in Belarus. There were also reports that a Russian radar aircraft was damaged.
• Alexander Azarov, representative of the BYPOL initiative, reported that the Belarusian partisans were behind the attack. The participants of the alleged diversion in Machulishchy left Belarus and are safe at the moment. Journalists fight on their own frontline. Support Ukrainska Pravda or become our patron!

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