Over 2,500 Ukrainians arrive in Belarus over weekend - Border Committee

MINSK. April 4 (Interfax) - More than 2,500 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Belarus over the past weekend, the Belarusian State Border Committee said on Monday.

"Between 6:00 a.m. on April 1 and 6:00 on April 4, as many as 1,943 Ukrainian citizens crossed the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, and another 549 people came via Poland, 42 via Lithuania, and one via Latvia," it said.

"The Belarusian side is continuing to provide the necessary assistance to citizens coming from Ukrainian territory," it said.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said earlier it introduced visa-free entrance for foreigners leaving the combat zone in Ukraine until April 15. The Belarusian border crossing points are working in routine mode.

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