Belarus forces Ryanair plane to land in order to capture an opponent. Tough battle in sight
A very serious accident happened in the Belarusian skies. A Ryanair plane flying between two EU member states, Greece and Lithuania, was forced to land in Misk while flying over Belarus from a military plane. On board was blogger Roman Protasewitsch, an opponent of Belarusian President Lukashenko, who was immediately arrested.
The move was authorized by the Belarusian president under the pretext of the presence of explosives on board, which obviously were not found. This is a very serious violation of international agreements for flight and, at the diplomatic level, an act bordering on the declaration of war. Roman Protasewitsch is an opponent who ran a major independent news channel on the Telegram platform dedicated to the situation in Belarus.
In theory, there would be the conditions for a decisive response from the Union: you cannot intercept a flight and make it land without thinking that there are consequences. In reality, IMHO, I don't think there will be strong responses. Ryanair flies the Irish flag, and Dublin has no interest in the area. Lithuania protested, but it is a local powerlessness. A major European player, such as France or Germany, should intervene, but Paris is rather confused and Merkel, at the end of her mandate, seems more interested in gas than Nord Stream 2. Despite the gravity of the act, nothing will happen. In the Western world, you are either American or you don't count for anything.
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