Lukashenko, 'terrorists attempted to escape towards Minsk' - Breaking news. Belarusian President Alexsander Lukashenko said the terrorists responsible for the Moscow theater attack had initially tried to flee to Belarus.

"That's why they couldn't enter Belarus, they realized it.    That'swhy they moved away and went to the Ukrainian-Russian border area," the Belarusian president said, contradicting Russia's claim that the killers had attempted to enter Ukraine directly.