Lukashenko vows to defend Belarus borders as more mass protests planned

Country’s president promises ‘stringent measures’ and claims Nato troops ‘stirring’ in Poland and Lithuania

Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has ordered his defence minister to take “stringent measures” to defend the country’s territorial integrity after mass protests against his claim to election victory.

The 65-year-old, who said he won a sixth presidential term with 80% of the vote in the 9 August ballot, made the comments on Saturday while inspecting military units in Grodno, near Belarus’s border with Poland, according to the president’s press service.

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