The US called the crisis with migrants in Belarus a distraction from Russia

Secretary of State Blinken: Lukashenko distracted attention from Russia's actions on the border with Ukraine

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told Poland that the crisis with migrants in Belarus is an attempt by the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to divert attention from Russia's actions on the border with Ukraine. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of State Department spokesman Ned Price.

“Secretary of State Blinken reaffirmed American support for Poland in the face of the cynical use of vulnerable migrants by Lukashenka’s regime. These actions of the Lukashenka regime threaten security, sow division and are aimed at diverting attention from Russian actions on the border with Ukraine, “the text says.

From the beginning of 2021, to the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and People began to flock to Poland. The crisis escalated sharply on November 8 after several thousand people approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side. They do not leave the border zone, some of them tried to enter the territory of Poland, breaking the barbed wire fence.

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