“First of all, additional strengthening of the green border was carried out.
The number of detachments has been increased, maneuver of forces and means has been carried out from secondary directions to the most significant, ”BelTA quoted Bychkovsky as saying.
He noted that, taking into account the current situation, the border guards clarified the interaction with the units of the Ministry of Defense and the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic to form a reserve from the units.
At a meeting on the situation at the border, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko instructed the security forces to close the country. According to him, “every meter of the border” should be closed.