Ukrainian fans banned entry to Belarus massively

Many Ukrainians have not been able to enter Belarus to attend the game of national teams today.

Passports of fans are stamped at the border: fans are banned entry to our country. This information was posted at belultras.by group in VKontakte social network.

“Our Southern neighbours start to arrive to Belarus to the match of the national teams of Belarus and Ukraine. But unfortunately not all are able to do so: such stamps are made at the border by border guards without explaining reasons,” Belarusian fans write.

belultras.by website also informs that in the run-up to the match of the national teams, Belarusian special services started to hunt on local activists as well.

“Today at the court of Kastrychnitski district of Minsk a trial was held over one of the fans of Minsk “Dinamo” and the team of Belarus. [Charges were related to] Articles 17.1 and 23.4 (foul speech in a public place and resisting arrest). As a result, he was sentences to 10 days of arrest. It is also known that it is not the only case of such detention and trial,” the website informs.

We remind that on October 9 at 9:45 p.m. a qualification game of Euro-2016 between the teams of Belarus and Ukraine starts at “Borisov-Arena”.