Lukashenko orders to close border with Ukraine

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the country's border guard to completely close the border with Ukraine, the Belarusian state news agency Belta reported Friday, reported Xinhua.

"I am astounded by the amount of weapons being smuggled from Ukraine to Belarus," Lukashenko said in his speech dedicated to Belarus Independence Day, according to Belta.

"This is why I've instructed the border guard to fully close the border with Ukraine," he said, adding that only civilians will be able to enter Belarus.

"We will not take all the others as prisoners," he said.