Belarus border patrol detains activist Maria Kolesnikova after attempt to leave
There has been confusion about whether or not the Belarusian protest leader made it into Ukraine
08 September 2020 - 11:38
Moscow/Kiev — Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova was detained while trying to enter Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a Belarusian border official told Reuters, a day after her allies said she had been grabbed off the street by masked men.
The circumstances of her attempted journey to Ukraine were not immediately clear, with some media reports initially suggesting she had made it across the border — something border guards on both sides later denied...
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