The White House announced today, “the imposition of sanctions on Belarus for forcing a European passenger plane that was crossing its airspace to land in Minsk to arrest the Belarusian journalist and activist opposed to the regime Roman Protasevich,” according to AFP.
“The regime of President Alexander Lukashenko sent a combat fighter to force the plane of the European Ryanair Company to cut off its international flight and land at Minsk airport, where the Belarusian journalist and opposition activist Roman Protasevich was arrested, is a direct offence to standards,” said the US presidential spokeswoman, Jane Saki, in a statement.
Source: National News Agency