“The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in full control of the situation in Minsk and other regional cities,” says the online broadcast of Sputnik Belarus.
According to the official representative of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs Olga Chemodanova, all police personnel have been transferred to an enhanced version of service.
Earlier it became known that powerful explosions were heard at the intersection of Masherov Avenue and Storozhevskaya Street in Minsk.
In addition, there were reports that the security forces began using water cannons to disperse protesters in the center of the Belarusian capital.