WASHINGTON, 11 & nbsp; November./TASS /. Russia is allegedly 'trying to digest Belarus' in the & nbsp; framework of a “ very complex game '' unfolding in & nbsp; Europe. This statement was made on & nbsp; Wednesday by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba at a & nbsp; joint press conference with & nbsp; US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in & nbsp; Washington.
“ We & nbsp; all need to understand, something that & nbsp; is now unfolding in & nbsp; Europe, & nbsp; & mdash; This is a very complex game, in which there are many elements: an energy crisis, propaganda efforts, disinformation, cyberattacks, a military build-up, Russia's attempt to digest Belarus, elements of a migration crisis. We & nbsp; see the same & nbsp; painful pictures that & nbsp; and & nbsp; in & nbsp; 2016 and & nbsp; 2017 in & nbsp; Europe. And & nbsp; in this challenging game, we & nbsp; must remain vigilant. We & nbsp; must be persistent & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; the minister said.
According to & nbsp; his version, the situation on the & nbsp; Belarusian border & nbsp; & mdash; A potential front line that should not be underestimated. Kuleba said that & nbsp; discussed with & nbsp; Blinken “ not & nbsp; only signals and & nbsp; narratives that Russia should hear, but & nbsp; and & nbsp; actions that it will [soon] see. ” “ And & nbsp; all this is done not & nbsp; to & nbsp; to provoke Russia, not & nbsp; to & nbsp; to give it & nbsp; a reason, but & nbsp; to contain Russia and & nbsp; deprive it & nbsp; & nbsp; motivation to resort to & nbsp; further escalation & nbsp; ; stated the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
The migration crisis on the & nbsp; border of Belarus with & nbsp; Latvia, Lithuania and & nbsp; Poland, where migrants have rushed from the beginning of the year, sharply escalated on November 8 & nbsp;. Several thousand people came from the & nbsp; Belarusian side to the & nbsp; Polish border and & nbsp; did not & nbsp; leave the border zone. The EU countries accused Minsk of deliberately escalating the crisis and & nbsp; called for the imposition of sanctions. According to & nbsp; estimates of Polish services, up to & nbsp; 15 thousand migrants can be in & nbsp; Belarus, 2 & minus; 4 thousand of & nbsp; of them are now in & nbsp; close to & nbsp; Polish borders.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said, that & nbsp; in & nbsp; the Western countries themselves are to blame, because of whose actions people are fleeing the & nbsp; war.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said on & nbsp; Tuesday that & nbsp; accusations of Western countries in & nbsp; volume, that & nbsp; the migration crisis on the & nbsp; border of Belarus and & nbsp; the European Union is a 'hybrid operation' Lukashenka are a lie.