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Belarusian leader defends his action to divert flight

by Yuras Karmanau
| May 26, 2021 2:27 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian president on Wednesday defended his action to divert a European flight that triggered bruising European Union sanctions and accused the West of waging a “hybrid war” to “strangle” the ex-Soviet nation.

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