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Hard punch from Lukashenko, Tikhanovskaya flees to Lithuania

8/11/2020, 5:59:11 PM


 'I fear for my children'. Two thousand arrests overnight in Minsk (ANSA)

Hard punch of the re-elected president of Belarus Lukashenko. Another 2,000 arrests on the last night of clashes in Minsk. Opposition challenger Tikhanovskaya has meanwhile left the country and is in Lithuania : 'A difficult choice, but my children's safety comes first,' she says in a dramatic video. Poland says it is ready to mediate between the regime and the protest after the contested presidential vote. 'Violence against protesters is not the answer,' says the European Union. Businesses on strike demand 'fair elections'.