Reuters| Moscow | Russia
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko alleged on Thursday that the opposition planed to seize a district in the west of the country and request support from NATO troops, Russian state news agency RIA said. It was not clear if Lukashenko provided any evidence for such a plan. All Belarus's main opposition figures are in prison or have been forced into exile.
Lukashenko, a key ally of President Vladimir Putin, has frequently talked up the dangers of an attack by NATO or Ukraine as justification for maintaining his military and security apparatus on a constant state of high alert. "I don't know why they chose Kobrin district, they talk a lot about it. (They plan to) seize it... and appeal to NATO to deploy troops," said Lukashenko, who was addressing the All-Belarusian People's Assembly.
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