The Ministry of Transport of Belarus called information about the plans of the MiG-29 fighter, to bring down the airline Ryanair airlock in case of refusing to land in Minsk “fantasies and fudges”. This is reported by TASS.
Information about the intention of the Belarusian authorities to attack the air-air rockets of the air-air rockets on May 23, the head of the national anti-crisis management and a member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition Pavel Latushko. He assured that the threat to the use of force proceeded from dispatchers. There was no evidence of his position, none, nor the other side.
On May 23, the airline Ryanair, which followed the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing after a mining report received from Minsk airport. To accompany the ship to the strip, the MiG-29 Air Force Fighter was raised. After a forced landing, Belarusian security forces detained on board the founder of the Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich. He is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential election of 2020. Explosive devices on board was not found.
Avenience, the Lithuanian authorities were opened on the fact that the criminal case occurred under the article on the hijack of the aircraft. They found the actions of Minsk act of state terrorism and banned flights to their territory through the airspace of Belarus. The initiative to conduct an international investigation and termination of the communication was also a number of countries of the European Union.