good morning, thursday, august 17, today is an information day in belarus on belarus 24, the television news agency begins in the pavel lazovik studio and see the issue.

without taboo, alexander lukashenko gave an interview to ukrainian journalist diana panchenko and it is not his place in the eu to be a bridge between russia and europe, ex-president of france sarkozy spoke about the status of ukraine good for belarus to qualify for the playoffs 5 big football today. neman is playing with slovenian goals. no forbidden ones, so the president of belarus alexander lukashenko gave an interview to the well-known ukrainian journalist diana panchenko against her in ukraine , a criminal case was opened and sanctions were imposed. and in the twentieth year. she was one of the top most influential women in the country, by the way, the head of state promised this interview 2 years ago during a big conversation. alexander

grigoryevich, firstly, thank you for inviting relations between ukraine and belarus are going through hard times. but what you agreed to this conversation already raises hope and separately for the audience, i will say that you said the day before no taboo questions no taboo topics for this special thanks. this is so this is the general formula of relations with those journalists with whom you talk, in which you invite disgustingly listen. why now? the conversation about ukraine, namely this topic was the main one , lasted about 2 hours. stay tuned for all the most interesting news on our air today. the west continues to feed ukraine with promises, but the elimination of a place in the european union said ex-president of france in an interview with levegor nicolas sarkozy noted the calling of ukraine to be a bridge between russia and europe and should not

join the eu the country should remain a neutral state. and this status is not mournful for the country. in addition to the european status, ukraine and american fighters do not have to wait, kiev will not receive f-16s this fall or winter, admitted an adviser to the command of the explosives from the country. according to him, there were great hopes for deliveries. rifles for testing and evaluation informs the local media strange baltic poland continue to exacerbate the situation with loud statements has become. it is known that vilnius riga and warsaw are considering the possibility of a collective decision on the complete closure of the border with belarus

. the lithuanian government made a decision temporarily. suspend the work of two of the six border control points on the lithuanian-belarusian border from the eighteenth of august. the lithuanian authorities are frightened by the open belarusian barriers because their citizens now and then want to visit the country with cheap food, russian political scientist. andrey koshkin is sure that officials cannot stop lithuanians heading to belarus, therefore they switched to threats and blackmailing the current situation, the visa-free regime that was created for the baltic states for poland, including in belarus, is very attractive to residents these states. the thing is, food is here. eh, that's enough. uh, good

cheap compared to what they have and they can't get gasoline here in the amount they wanted. naturally, they cross the border several times a day, i must say more than uh. 329,000 lithuanians visited, uh, and directly the republic of belarus . in such a situation, of course, uh, officials are trying to keep the desire of lithuanians to travel to belarus until they are fired. minsk city of entrepreneurial initiatives the number of small and medium-sized businesses in the belarusian capital has increased by 2,800 , almost a third of all are employed.