Lukashenko commented on the situation with Kolesnikova

“I can’t tell you in more detail because I was only told that she and two were either friends, or drivers, or close, or even distant — they fled to Ukraine today.

And they have documents, everything was prepared in advance.

They showed their passport at our site.

Customs officers and border guards let them in, ”Lukashenka said.

He added that further there is a section of the state border and a post of Ukrainians.

“But between these posts - not in vain, probably, we went there - 8-9 kilometers between them.

And there, due to the gain in our half behind this main post, we set the gain.

The border is heavily guarded, so we set up a post.

Naturally, they were stopped.

They are in their car on gas.

She was either thrown out of the car - well, on the move.

On the move ... Our border guards, naturally, detained her, as expected, as an old border guard I say this, and sent her to the border detachment.

And these Ukrainians across the border, through the Ukrainian post, as far as I am now informed, were detained.

And we are negotiating with them so that they return them to us, ”the Belarusian leader said.

According to him, they were traveling “legally according to documents”.

“But they violated the state border, they checked in at the checkpoint, the border guards also checked the customs officers.

And the border itself is still 10 kilometers, or 8. And they, through this reinforced post, they drove right through and hid in Ukraine.

Allegedly, this woman's sister lives in Ukraine.

Allegedly - I don't know for sure, they told me this today.

I say why it is to Ukraine, and not to Lithuania, not to Ugorshchina, as they usually go - but someone from their relatives says there.

I do not approve.

So I don't know everything yet.

Therefore, she was detained, and we ask the Ukrainian border guards to return these two to our country - we will investigate what happened, ”Lukashenka said.

Earlier, the State Border Committee of Belarus confirmed that a member of the coordination council (CC) of the opposition of Belarus Maria Kolesnikova was detained, and representatives of the CC of the opposition of Belarus Ivan Kravtsov and Anton Rodnenkov left the territory of the republic.