Last Updated: Protesters In Kyiv Demand Pratasevich's Release Protesters including local Belarusians took to the streets of Ukraine's capital on Sunday after a Belarusian opposition figure was detained in Minsk when his plane was grounded over a bomb threat. Protesters including local Belarusians took to the streets of Ukraine's capital on Sunday after a Belarusian opposition figure was detained in Minsk when his plane was grounded over a bomb threat. The Ryanair plane, headed from Athens to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, was carrying Belarusian activist and blogger Raman Pratasevich. It was diverted in what the opposition is calling a hijacking operation by Belarus' government.