Armed escort at the border. The "Black Russians" admit their guilt and threaten Belarus's neighbors

They crossed the border and took the cameras

The incident occurred on the night of October 5-6. According to the Latvian military and interior ministry, it was a particularly aggressive attempt by migrants to illegally cross the border with the participation of an "armed and masked escort."

Men accompanying the migrants on the Belarusian side tried to push them to the Latvian side, while directing threats at Latvian soldiers, said the Minister of Interior Janis Dombrava at the time.

After this incident, a group of masked people illegally crossed the border and took the surveillance cameras of the Latvian services. Before the arrival of the officers, they managed to return to the Belarusian side.

“It will collapse after our first attack.”

"It was a test for Latvia that it failed. You will soon see something similar in other parts of our border. The European Union and NATO are a colossus with feet of clay that will collapse after our first attack," said the "Black Russians" group, which claimed responsibility for the incident, in a recording published on the Telegram channel.

The group also announced the continuation of sabotage activities against Belarus' neighbors.

Sartsa talks about an information operation

LTV television commentators believe that the appearance of such a self-proclaimed group is a cover for hybrid operations created by the Belarusian and Russian special services. According to the head of the NATO Center of Expertise on Strategic Communications in Riga, Janis Sarts, the existence of such independent groups is impossible in Belarus and Russia.

On the one hand, I understand that perhaps the Belarusians want to show that they are not responsible for the incident. As we heard, they recently took a similar position at the UN. Let's not be fooled! What is happening at the border is directly related to both the Belarusian and Russian authorities. What they are doing there now is a pure information operation, he said in an interview with LTV.