Belarus reveals alleged plot to attack Minsk from EU

Security forces in Belarus have prevented a plot to launch combat drones from Lithuania and attack targets in and near the capital, Minsk, the head of the Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Tretel has revealed.

The operation took place sometime during the past 12 months and involved “colleagues from other security structures,” the senior official said on Thursday, as he was delivering a speech to the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, a leading political body.

Over the past year, the agency also uncovered over 40 criminal operations seeking to smuggle weapons from Ukraine into Belarus, Tretel reported.