SBU asks Belarus for information about detained militants allegedly trained in Ukraine

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has asked Belarusian law-enforcement authorities for information about the arrest of militants who supposedly trained in camps located in Ukraine, as stated by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

During his briefing in Wednesday in Kyiv the head of the SBU's staff, Oleksandr Tkachuk, said the SBU sent a request to Belarusian authorities about the matter.

"We are waiting for an answer from our colleagues," he added.

As for information about the alleged militants crossing the Ukraine-Belarus border, this has not been confirmed.

"As far as I know, information which was spread in media about an incursion from Ukrainian territory by some means of transportation in the direction of the Belarusian border has not been confirmed," Tkachuk said, adding that no such reports were filed by Ukrainian border troops.

Lukashenko earlier declared the detainment of "several dozen militants" who were preparing to stage an armed provocation. He said most of them trained in camps located in Ukraine.