THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS DECIDED TO BAN BELARUSIAN AIRLINES FROM EUROPEAN SKIES AFTER A FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO MINSK ON SUNDAY
Written by miebaka ikiriko on May 25, 2021
The European Union has decided to ban Belarusian airlines from European skies after a flight was diverted to Minsk on Sunday and a dissident journalist arrested.
At a meeting in Brussels the leaders of the 27memebr states also told EU airlines not to fly over Belarus ,and promised further economic sanctions
Roman protaservch 26 was on a flight from Greece to Lithuania which was recounted over a supposed bomb treat
Western countries accused Belaruc of hijacking the Ryanar planes
Belarus authorities earlier released video of Mr. Protasevich that appears to have been recorded under duress since his detention at Minsk airport
In the clip the journalist said he was in good health and seemingly confessed to crimes he has been charged with by the Belarusian state
But activists including the country’s main opposition leader criticized the video and suggested Mr. Protasevich was under pressure to admit wrongdoing,