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Hanna Liubakova

8 Nov, 12 tweets, 9 min read

#Belarus Look at what is happening on the border. A huge crowd of migrants is walking towards the Polish border. Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing

See what’s happening at the border with #Poland. Unbelievable

More videos. Imagine that the Belarusian State Border Committee blames #Poland for that. #Lukashenko wants the EU to talk to him. It is crucial not to agree to his blackmailing strategy. He should be isolated, more pressure should be imposed. He is the problem,not the solution

#Belarus Hundreds of migrants are waiting at the border with #Poland

It is reported that armed employees of the State Border Committee have lined up along the road with dogs and are driving the migrants towards the forest. This is in #Belarus

#Belarus A video from one of the migrants, in which you can carefully see the armed men who later drove the migrants into the forest towards the border with #Poland. Strong response from the EU is needed. This is major provocation from the regime in Minsk

So cynical. Peskov said that the Kremlin has “no doubts” that #Belarus ensures all measures to keep the situation with migrants stable. Meanwhile, we receive reports that more security forces might be preparing to head to the border. I do have doubts that they would keep migrants

State media claim that a group of migrants has left the territory of #Belarus. We don’t know whether they reached #Poland. They apparently turned to the forest. Pressure is needed: sanctions, stop trading with the regime and collaborating with SOEs, no access to financial markets

The Polish Ministry of Defense has published the most recent video from a helicopter. It shows that migrants are on the Belarusian side of the border. There are way too many of them. It means that state media in Belarus and Russia lie - migrants hasn't yet left #Belarus

Pro-regime media in #Belarus has just published a video claiming that migrants are crossing the Belarusian-Polish border. However, as I know people who are now on the border, these migrants might be going to the neutral territory. This is difficult to check though. Stay tuned

@UN

#Lukashenko’s goal is to force the EU to speak with him again. Pro-regime analysts are now openly saying that "it depends on the EU to start negotiations with the regime." We should not agree.What can be done:
✔️ Stronger,real sanctions
✔️Discuss the crisis at the @UN and @OSCE

#Belarus The Ministry of Internal Affairs of #Poland posted a video saying that migrants are trying to break through the fence. This looks dramatic indeed. The Polish government called today's situation with migrants the most difficult since the beginning of the migration crisis.

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