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Fighter jet scrambled to escort Ryanair plane - Belarusian defense ministry It was reported after the plane’s landing that former editor-in-chief of the Nexta Telegram channel Romat Protasevich was among the passengers MiG-29 fighter jet© Alexander Ryumin/TASS MINSK, May 23. /TASS/. Belarus’ defense ministry has confirmed that a MiG-29 fighter jet was scrambled on Sunday to escort the Ryanair passenger plane that made emergency landing at Minsk’s airport. "After the polit of this civil aircraft (the Ryanair plane - TASS) decided to land at an alternate airport (Minsk-2) and turned...

Poland calls on European Council to impose sanctions on Belarusian authorities Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the detention of Roman Protasevich, a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki© Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP WARSAW, May 23. /TASS/. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Sunday he has asked European Council President Charles Michel to expand the agenda of Monday’s EU summit and look at possible sanctions against the Belarusian authorities over the incident with the Ryanair flight. "I have asked eucop...

French top diplomat calls for Europe’s response to Ryanair flight incident in Belarus Jean-Yves Le Drian also called for letting all the plane’s passengers leave Belarus immediately, "including possible Belarusian opposition activists" PARIS, May 23. /TASS/. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has called on European nations to give a resolute response to the incident with the Ryanair flight landing in Minsk. According to the French top diplomat, diverting of the Ryanair flight to Minsk is inadmissible. "A resolute common response of European countries in needed," he wrote on ...

Roman Protasevich was detained in Minsk after his Ryanair flight made an emergency landing.

Minsk confirms detention of Nexta channel founder Protasevich A co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel was onboard a Ryanair plane flying from Athens to Vilnius that made an emergency landing at Minsk’s airport after receiving a bomb call © Valery Sharifulin/TASS MINSK, May 23. /TASS/. Belarus’ interior ministry has confirmed the detention of a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, deemed as extremist in Belarus, Roman Protasevich. "Founder of the Nexta Telegram channel Protasevich has been detained at the Minsk airport," the ministry’s organized crime and corruption departm...