“It didn’t grow, the situation remained practically the same. The fact that Lavoriškės and Raigardas were closed, looking at the data of this morning, the situation remained practically the same in Šalčininkai and Medininkai – there are queues there, there they were,” G. Mišutis told BNS.
According to him, about 300 freight cars are waiting in Medininkai, about 170 in Šalčininkai. Similar data were available on Thursday.
According to G. Mišutis, the closing of the border crossings went smoothly.
“It went completely smoothly, there were no conflicts, attempts to pass or any incidents,” he said.
At midnight, construction of temporary barricades began, concertina, now, according to the representative, permanent reinforced concrete blocks will be built.
When midnight came, a bus and a short line of cars remained waiting at the Raigard point from the Belarusian side before it could enter Lithuania.
The video footage of the service recorded how the people who were on the Belarusian side still approached the border line and tried to persuade the Druskininkai border guards on the other side to let them into the European Union. The border guards of the resort did not get involved in the discussions and informed the people on the other side of the border that the Raigard checkpoint was closed, while the international checkpoints of Medininkai and Šalčininkai remained operational on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.
The Lavoriškii point was empty before midnight.
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2024-04-26 23:31:39