In Belarus, six people were detained for hanging the Ukrainian flag.

Six residents of Minsk were detained for hanging the flag of Ukraine and the white-red-white flag (a symbol of the Belarusian opposition) on a power line pole, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

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“Six residents of Minsk were detained for a protest action. In early October, in the Moskovsky district of the capital, on a power line support, unidentified people hung a canvas of white-red-white colors and the flag of Ukraine. During the operational-search activities, police officers detained six Minsk residents aged 34 to 36 years,” the ministry’s Telegram channel said in a message posted on Monday.

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As noted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, according to the defendants, they made the decision to hold a protest action jointly. One of the men took a photo of the result and sent the image to be posted on extremist online communities.

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“It was established that the detainees were members of illegal telegram channels, communicated in district chats, and participated in protest actions in 2020,” the message says.