'We are warming Europe, and they are threatening us' Belarusian President Lukashenko threatens to cut off gas to Europe in retaliation for any further EU sanctions
Belarus has accused Poland of violating international norms by blocking migrants and beating them back with violence.
"We are warming Europe, and they are threatening us," he said, pointing out that Russia's Yamal-Europe pipeline transits through Belarus to Poland.Lukashenko also claimed that migrants on the border had been receiving weapons and explosives from conflict-riven eastern Ukraine for the past two days. "We have seen threats, what we are saying is that we are not going to be intimidated by any potential action by the Belarus regime using gas as a tool", a Commission spokesperson said.
On Wednesday, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would hit Belarus with fresh sanctions next week over the crisis.
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