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Belarusian military on the move in Minsk on presidential election day.
OMON (riot police) at the Independence Avenue in Minsk.
Minsk, Akademika Fiodarava Street:
Protesters are clashing with riot police at Victors Avenue in Minsk. - TASS
People shouting "Shame! Shame!" as the members of the electoral commission leave the building in Minsk.
Belarusian internal troops begin to cordon off the presidential administration in Minsk city centre.
photo via @TadeuszGiczan
photo via @TadeuszGiczan
Stun grenades reportedly used by security forces at a protest in Minsk. There are wounded, some covered in blood.
via @KFM936
via @KFM936
Minsk right now:
Another video showing situation in Minsk. Flashes from stunt grenades can be seen in the distance.
Reports that fireworks are being thrown into security forces paddy wagons in Minsk.
As reported by Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Poland, there will be a joint statement by the Presidents of Poland and Lithuania on the situation in Belarus.
Another 'corridor of shame' for the members of the election commission leaving the building in Minsk.
People outside are chanting "SHAME!"
People outside are chanting "SHAME!"
Clashes between OMON and protesters continue to escalate in Minsk.
Reports that in Pinsk city in southwest Belarus, around 2000 protesters are occupying the main square. Police and border guards retreated. The head of the local Executive Committee came out to negotiate with them.
A paddy wagon reportedly drove into the crowd in Minsk. One person is unconscious and in blood. Doctors are trying to resuscitate him.
Belarusian riot police dragging the man by his hands on the ground in the center of Minsk.
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on situation in Belarus: https://twitter.com/LinkeviciusL/status/1292557515922845696
People gathering in Minsk near Stela https://twitter.com/Den_2042/status/1292557349429948418
#UPDATE: Situation around Stela in Minsk. It is getting pretty tense.
Presidents of Poland and Lithuania urged the Belarusian authorities to refrain from violence and respect freedoms.
via @KFM936
via @KFM936
Security forces reinforcements heading to Stela in Minsk.
People started to build barricades from garbage cans in the center of Minsk.
Minsk now.
Also from Minsk.
Minsk Niamiha.
Security forces nowhere to be seen in the city of Kobryn, southwest Belarus. People are marching freely.
OMON rushing to storm the barricades in central Minsk.
Streets of Minsk right now.
According to RIA, several injured people were taken to hospital during protests in Minsk.
More protesters marching towards the center of Minsk.
OMON advancing on protesters in the center of Minsk, it appears they are firing rubber bullets.
Police truck struck protesters crowd at speed in Minsk.
Press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus: A lot of what is written on the Internet does not correspond to reality.
Belsat journalists detained by Belarusian authorities in Vitsebsk. https://twitter.com/Belsat_TV/status/1292581434667028480
Chaos in the center of Minsk.
Big number of people still gathering around Stela in Minsk.
Riot police storming a barricade in Minsk.
Protesters wounded during clashes with security forces in Minsk tonight.
More photos from Minsk.
In Kobryn (southwest Belarus) riot police lowered their shields and refused to clash with protesters. People are cheering for them and chanting 'well done!'
Reports about helicopters heading to the center of Minsk. https://twitter.com/NEXTA_EN/status/1292594358559088650?s=19
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus: there are detainees at the protests, the generalized figure will be presented later due to the fact that the 'protests are not over yet.' - RIA
Viewer discretion is advised.Riot police truck knocking down and driving over a person on one of the streets of Minsk.
Possible fatal casualty of protests in Minsk. https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1292607000216580103?s=19
Another photo of a man reported to being killed in Minsk protests tonight. Paramedic near him, and surrounded by riot police.
photo via @JanekLasocki
photo via @JanekLasocki
It's 3:00 AM in Belarus right now, and it seems the protests across the country are slowly calming down at this time. Of course I don't think it's over now, in fact it might just be the beginning. Definietly a thing to keep an eye on in the coming days or even weeks.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya officialy refused to accept election results reported by CEC where Lukashenko is given around 80% of the vote.
Polish PM Morawiecki: I called for an extraordinary meeting of the European Council and a strong EU response to the events in Belarus. We have a duty to support Belarusians in solidarity.
Lukashenko: Of course, this is not what the organizers [of the protests] wanted. They wanted, as I said, to start a fire in the center of Minsk, to grab firebrands and scatter them all over Minsk. Of course, they did not succeed. https://www.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-ob-ulichnyh-aktsijah-otvet-budet-adekvatnyj-stranu-razorvat-my-ne-pozvolim-402291-2020/
Lukashenko: Therefore, if the Internet does not work well [in Belarus], this is not our initiative, it comes from abroad. https://iz.ru/1046297/2020-08-10/lukashenko-zaiavil-ob-otkliuchenii-interneta-v-belorussii-iz-za-granitcy
The Russian Embassy in Minsk is monitoring the situation with the detention of Russian journalists in Belarus. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4449749
NATO expressed serious concerns over the conduct of the presidential election in Belarus, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
via @jseldin
via @jseldin
Belarusian security forces are positioning themselves across Minsk in anticipation of tonight's protests. Several metro stations in the city are closed.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov discussed the situation with detained Russian journalists with his Belarusian counterpart.
(RIA)
(RIA)
There are reports about the deployment of the 5th Spetsnaz Brigade to Minsk, unconfirmed at this moment. https://twitter.com/MBKhMedia/status/1292854797587156996
KGB of Belarus says an assassination attempt prepared on the main opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was prevented.
via @KFM936
via @KFM936
Protests starting in Minsk already.
First arrests in Minsk this evening.
Minsk.
White House press secretary: We're deeply concerned by the Belarus presidential election [...] and we urge the Belarusian government to respect the right to peaceably assemble and to refrain from the use of force.
via @ChristopherJM
via @ChristopherJM
Crowd heading to the center of Minsk.
Security forces beating protesters with batons at Dzerzhinsky Prospect in Minsk.
Cars are blocking the traffic at Pushkin Avenue in Minsk. People are honking in the support of protests.
