“Including at that moment, in the late afternoon, when the so-called protesters went, one might say, to a kind of assault on the building. At that moment, the head of state was also in the Palace, ”BelTA quotes her.

At the same time, she said, the protesters quickly dispersed.

“As the president promised, he did not run anywhere, no matter how hard some bloggers and Telegram channels tried to present it. And his children were also with him, ”added Eismont.

She noted that "the president called a helicopter and flew around the city."

“I looked at the so-called rally from above and also controlled the situation,” Eismont said.

Earlier it was reported that Lukashenka arrived at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, next to which the opposition gathered, by helicopter and with a machine gun in his hands.