In the past 24 hours, 800 citizens of Ukraine entered Belarus. 165 of them came to Belarus through the EU, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.
From 6.00 on 28 March to 6.00 on 29 March, 635 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus across the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. 146 people passed in transit through Poland, 14 - through Lithuania and 5 - through Latvia.
The Belarusian side continues to provide Ukrainian citizens with temporary accommodation, all the necessary assistance. Belarus Red Cross, in cooperation with the Emergencies Ministry, has deployed mobile heating points in Gomel Oblast near the village of Gden and near the Poddobryanka border checkpoint.
The State Border Committee recalled that by the decision of the head of state Belarus waived visas for foreign citizens entering from Ukraine with an aim to help them return to the place of permanent residence. The visa waiver will be in force till 15 April.
Belarusian checkpoints are operating in a routine mode, the committee said.
