Valgevene presidenti Aleksandr Lukašenko väitel lavastas Läti ise relvastatud rühmituse sissetungi Valgevenest.

„Läti ise korraldas selle kui reklaamitriki, et saada Euroopa Liidult raha,” ütles Lukašenko kohtumisel sõjaväejuhtidega. „Meil ​​pole sellega vähimatki pistmist – olgu tegemist [väidetava] sissetungiga nende territooriumile, mille käigus maskides mehed või sõjaväelased kellegi kinni võtsid või migrantide rühma üle piiri surusid. Midagi absurdsemat on raske välja mõeldagi.”

Valgevene president lisas, et sellised operatsioonid on ilma tema isikliku heakskiiduta võimatud. „Selliseid asju pole minuga kooskõlastatud. Seega pole neid ka läbi viidud,” rõhutas Lukašenko.

Lukashenko claimed that Latvia had staged the border incident with Belarus itself “to get money from the European Union and satisfy its desires.”

“We have nothing to do with this—that we supposedly penetrated their territory, masked people, military grabbing or capturing someone, or pushing some group of migrants over there. …Such things were not agreed with me, which means they were not carried out. I know this for sure. You couldn’t come up with greater nonsense,” Lukashenko stated.

On October 6, Latvian authorities reported that armed, masked individuals attempted to traffic around 20 migrants from Belarus, threatened Latvian servicemen, and a few hours later crossed into Latvian territory, damaged an electrical panel, and stole security cameras.
You couldn’t come up with greater nonsense.”

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 13, 2026