{"id":541352,"date":"2021-05-26T12:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541352"},"modified":"2021-05-26T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:20:54","slug":"lukashenko-slams-west-for-response-to-forced-diversion-of-civilian-plane-i-acted-lawfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lukashenko-slams-west-for-response-to-forced-diversion-of-civilian-plane-i-acted-lawfully\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenko Slams West For Response To Forced Diversion Of Civilian Plane: \u2018I Acted Lawfully\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flukashenko-slams-west-for-response-to-forced-diversion-of-civilian-plane-i-acted-lawfully%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/88CC3344-C302-42CD-B2A0-0EC74C2A2EF2_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spoke Wednesday morning to the Belarusian parliament, standing by his decision to divert a civilian plane over the weekend in order to allegedly extract a dissident journalist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI acted lawfully and was protecting the people according to all international rules,\u201d Lukashenko claimed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/05\/26\/belarus-plane-lukashenko-protasevich\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a>, Lukashenko, \u201cwho has ruled the country since 1994 and is known for often extravagant remarks, suggested that by diverting the plane, he also prevented a potential nuclear catastrophe, as the airliner could have triggered the defense systems on the country\u2019s Astravec power plant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also criticized the response of the West and the punishments imposed against the country, saying that it is an effort to \u201csuffocate\u201d Belarus in a move of \u201chybrid war,\u201d the outlet reported.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs we predicted, ill-wishers from outside and inside the country have changed their ways of attacking our country,\u201d Lukashenko said. \u201cThey crossed many red lines, crossed the boundaries of common sense and human morality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lukashenko said that the plane was intercepted because of a bomb threat, which he now claims originally came from Switzerland. Belarusian authorities previously claimed that they had received information about the bomb in an email from Hamas, the terrorist group ruling the Gaza strip. Hamas has denied the allegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The alleged Hamas email was from a ProtonMail address, which could explain the claim about Switzerland since the secure email service is based in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Post reported, \u201cLithuanian officials said the pilot diverted the plane to Minsk after the control tower told him the explosive would go off if he landed in Vilnius. Belarus scrambled a MiG-29 jet to escort the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once the Ryanair plane landed, however, no bomb was discovered, leading many to believe the forced landing was due to the fact that the aircraft was transporting a dissident journalist and his partner.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/eu-leaders-agree-to-impose-sanctions-on-belarus-after-forced-flight-diversion\">The West has responded<\/a><\/span> forcefully to Lukashenko\u2019s actions with the European Union moving swiftly on Monday to impose sanctions and call on a limitation of travel over the country.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an announcement, the European Council&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2021\/05\/24\/european-council-conclusions-on-belarus-24-may-2021\/\"><span class=\"s1\">demanded<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;\u201cthe immediate release of [journalist] Raman Pratasevich and [his partner] Sofia Sapega and that their freedom of movement be guaranteed.\u201d They also called \u201con the International Civil Aviation Organization to urgently investigate this unprecedented and unacceptable incident,\u201d as well as on the European Council \u201cto adopt further targeted economic sanctions.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They invited the Council to adopt more listings of individuals and entities \u201cas soon as possible on the basis of the relevant sanctions framework.\u201d The group also called on all European Union-based carriers to avoid flying over Belarus. In addition, they called on the Council to create the measures needed in order to prohibit Belarusian airlines from flying over E.U. airspace \u201cand prevent access to EU airports of flights operated by such airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/video-of-detained-belarusian-journalist-released-supporters-believe-was-filmed-under-duress\">A video was released<\/a><\/span> earlier this week that portrayed captive journalist Roman Protasevich. Supporters believe that it was made under duress as Protasevich confessed \u201cto organizing mass riots in the city of Minsk.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the video, he also said, \u201cThe attitude of the [Interior Ministry] employees towards me has been as correct as possible and in compliance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His father, Dmitri Protasevich,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-57233412\"><span class=\"s1\">told<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;the BBC on Monday that he was \u201creally afraid\u201d of how his son would be treated by the authorities.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe hope that he will cope. We are afraid to even think about it, but it\u2019s possible he could be beaten and tortured. We are really afraid of that,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are really shocked and really upset,\u201d he said. \u201cThis sort of thing shouldn\u2019t be happening in the 21st Century at the heart of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spoke Wednesday morning to the Belarusian parliament, standing by his decision to divert a civilian plane over the weekend in order to allegedly extract a dissident &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313112,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/88CC3344-C302-42CD-B2A0-0EC74C2A2EF2_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Lukashenko Slams West For Response To Forced Diversion Of Civilian Plane: \u2018I Acted Lawfully\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/88CC3344-C302-42CD-B2A0-0EC74C2A2EF2_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Lukashenko Slams West For Response To Forced Diversion Of Civilian Plane: \u2018I Acted Lawfully\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}