Several explosions have been reported in an area of Belarus near a military airport that Ukrainian authorities say has been used by the Russian Air Force to attack Ukrainian territory.
Lukashenko has signed a law permitting the death penalty for attempted terrorist acts , the RIA Novosti news agency says. Several political opponents have been accused of the charge.
Recently, a federal US court issued warrants for arrest of several Belarusian officials for aircraft piracy. These indictments come as the result of year-long investigations into alleged improprieti.
Three of Russia s largest state-backed news channels ran Thursday evening bulletins warning that Ukraine is about to attack pro-Moscow separatists in the east.