As previously reported by LSM, Belarus border guards made a similar claim on February 8, which was rejected by the Latvian Armed Forces.
On February 10 it was the turn of the Latvian Interior Ministry to make a similar refutation. A border monitoring flight had taken place, but no violation occurred, the Interior Ministry said, supplying a diagram of the plane's flight path within Latvian territory.
Šodien Baltkrievijas robežapsardzības komitejas tīmekļvietnē tika publicēta nepatiesa informācija par it kā notikušu Baltkrievijas gaisa telpas pārkāpšanu no Latvijas puses.
— Iekšlietu ministrija (@IeM_gov_lv) February 10, 2022
Lai gan lidojums ir noticis, Valsts robežsardze nav fiksējusi robežas pārkāpumu, par ko liecina arī foto pic.twitter.com/0sYVLaStwF
Meanwhile the Lukashenko regime's human trafficking operation continues, with February 9 seeing 35 more people turned away at the EU's external border.
