The State Department’s Office of Travel Counseling in Belarus has urged U.S. citizens not to travel to Belarus and those U.S. citizens in Belarus to leave the country immediately. Journalists from Ukraine warn that Belarusian troops may join the aggression against Russia.
The U.S. Embassy in Belarus has circulated a message urging its citizens to leave Belarus.
“Minsk International Airport is operating with international flights to limited destinations, and land borders with Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland are open and operating at normal capacity. U.S. citizens should be aware that due to ongoing Russian military hostilities in Ukraine there is heightened tension in the region, the situation is unpredictable, and Minsk airport and Belarusian land border operations could change without significant notice”.
Journalist Raman Burko reports that the Kremlin, through Ambassador Gryzlov, insists that Minsk join the “military operation,” referring to the war against Ukraine. Lukashenka responded that he was waiting for the referendum to end and was ready to join within 72 hours.
“Another false-flag operation will be used as justification, i.e. staging that ‘Ukraine attacked Belarus,'” writes Raman Burko.
At the same time, the journalist reports that Belarus is already involved in the war, as the Russian troops are using the Belarusian territory as a springboard for the invasion.
