Belarus is waking up to Day 15 of the protests that has swept across the nation in the wake of the presidential vote that took place earlier this month.
On Saturday, President Lukashenko ordered the army to react to any violation of its state borders without warnings during his visit to a military testing ground in the Grodno region in the country's west. The Belarusian army is set to stage large-scale tactical drills on 28-31 August.
Additionally, the president ordered to close striking factories starting from Monday.
Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following a presidential election on 9 August that saw Lukashenko reelected for a sixth term. While according to the electoral authorities Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that his key contender, Tikhanovskaya, won the election.
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