A special filming site has been set up in Belarus to cover fake stories of incidents that allegedly took place at the Lithuanian border, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite told reporters on Wednesday.
“We have information that there is even an artificial reception area that simulates a border and simply films certain scenes so that later it can both mislead international organizations and spread disinformation,” she told the media before the government meeting, commenting on the increase in disinformation from Belarus. sides.
As the Minister emphasized, the Minsk regime uses various means in a hybrid attack on Lithuania.
On Wednesday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) published a video on Facebook on the social network with comments showing four migrant provocateurs prepared by Belarusian border guards entering Lithuanian territory and looking around the Lithuanian border guards.
“This time we will ruin the day for Belarusian propagandists – without waiting for their false news, we will tell everything ourselves. Here, four migrant provocateurs prepared by the Belarusian border guards enter the territory of Lithuania, but are in no hurry. It turns out that they are looking around for Lithuanian border guards, who will soon appear. The provocateurs are returning to the Belarusian side, and this is where the show begins, ”the commentary said.
“Belarusian border guards are filming migrants who are emotionally telling” how they were beaten and injured by Lithuanian border guards “. After filming another “testimony to the cruelty of the Lithuanian border guards”, the Belarusian border guards, together with the actors, go deeper into the territory of their country. End of the show. The curtain! ” – it comments on the VSAT in this entry.
As Bilotaite has warned, Lithuania and other countries must be careful when faced with such false news.
“We need to show that we can be immune to such wrongdoing,” she said.
According to the Minister, the video materials at the disposal of the Lithuanian border guards are “made public as far as possible”.-
Bilotaite also added that the forthcoming remote meeting of the interior ministers of the European Union (EU) member states is going to raise issues both about the financing of the fence construction at the Belarusian border and about the involvement of major member states in solving the migration crisis.
“The third issue, one of the most important, is that the whole EU legal system is not up to date. When a hybrid attack is made against a country, this system no longer works. (..) Member States must provide for the right to defend their national security, to take appropriate steps without subsequently being sanctioned or held accountable, ”said the Minister.
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