The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires Olha Tymush that Belarus may reconsider the desirability of the continued presence of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Minsk.
Shortly after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that Ukrainian drones had been spotted in Belarus on August 10, Chargé d’affaires of Ukraine Olga Timush was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
Timush issued a “strong protest” and “issued a relevant note regarding the breaching of the border of the Republic of Belarus by a group of drones launched from Ukraine.”
“It was specially noted that the Belarusian side, if the diplomatic representation of Ukraine in Belarus cannot prevent such provocations, will reconsider the desirability of its further presence in Minsk,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus stated.
On Saturday, Alexander Lukashenko claimed that “several targets” from Ukraine had been shot down over Belarus. He said that Belarus suspected that they were attack drones.
Later that day, Lukashenko ordered a reinforcement of the concentration of forces in the Gomel and Mozyr tactical areas bordering Ukraine’s Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts, Klix.ba writes.
