Officials from the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) have shared a video, which they say shows several armed Belarusian officers escorting migrants and helping them cross into Lithuania.
The video, recorded on Wednesday, shows a group of 12 people approaching the border wall built by Lithuania in the wake of the migration crisis, which Vilnius officials say was a hybrid attack by the Minsk regime.
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According to VSAT, seven people were migrants, two were uniformed Belarusian border guards, and three people were “undoubtedly linked” to the Belarusian services.
The uniformed guards were carrying automatic weapons, said VSAT.
The Belarusian guards cut the fence and pried open a gate, allowing the migrants to enter Lithuania irregularly.
Once the Lithuanian officers arrived, the five Belarusian officers spirited away and hid in bushes.
Later, they got inside a UAZ minibus belonging to the Belarusian border guards and drove away, according to VSAT.
The migrants, who were Iranian and Bangladeshi citizens, were pushed back to Belarus, VSAT added.
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