FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets with newly-appointed Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov in Minsk, Belarus, October 29, 2020. Nikolai Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
KYIV (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to leave protesters "without hands" on Friday, sharpening his rhetoric as hundreds marched through the streets and rallied outside universities to keep pressure on the veteran leader to resign.
Students, factory workers and pensioners answered a call by exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to launch a nationwide strike this week - a fresh move to force Lukashenko to hold new elections after months of mass protests.
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