MINSK, May 10. In Belarus before 9 May and on the holiday itself, it was planned to carry out several terrorist attacks, traces of the customer lead to Ukraine, the Belarusian state television channel ONT reported, citing information from the country's state security committee. attacks. The State Security Committee stopped these attempts, said the head of the department, Ivan Tertel. It is known that explosive devices were disguised as household appliances that arrived in the country from abroad,» the TV channel announcer said.
According to her, , in Belarus, different people received parcels «with one task — to pick up and not ask unnecessary questions.» “And at the right time, the parcels were supposed to be activated in order to provoke victims, to stir up the situation in the country. Traces of the customer of the terrorist attacks lead to Ukraine,” the announcer added. The TV channel promises to give details later on Wednesday.
The day before, the head of the KGB of Belarus, Ivan Tertel, said that attempts to commit terrorist attacks on the eve of May 9 had been stopped in the country. According to him, people who were preparing to commit terrorist acts were detained. Tertel said that «the secret services are behind this.»
Earlier, the head of the KGB said that a significant escalation of the situation along the perimeter of Belarus is predicted: this is due both to the topic of hostilities in the southern direction and the ongoing attempts of a number of external forces to destabilize the situation inside the country . Prior to that, he said that this spring intensification of terrorist activity is possible in the country.