Some 2,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims had travelled through Belarus hoping to reach the Ukrainian city of Ouman to the tomb of Nachman of Breslov, a prominent Hasidic rabbi who died in 1810.
Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims make a stopover in the city every September for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which is celebrated from September 18 to 20 this year, and some pilgrims had controlled to succeed in Urk before Ukraine To close its borders at the end of August amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, thousands more traveled through Belarus, which did not prevent the entry of foreign climbers.
On Friday, the government of Ukraine and Belarus said that The Hasidic pilgrims had cleared no man’s land between the two countries where they had camped for several days, some sleeping in makeshift tents and others on the ground. Area.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s border guard company said Friday that it had rejected several Hasidic pilgrims who were entering the country from Poland, Hungary and Romania.
As pilgrims advanced towards the border with Ukraine for days, Ukraine and Belarus clashed over the impasse.
On Wednesday, Ukraine’s presidential workplace accused the Belarusian government of sending misleading signals to pilgrims that they would eventually be allowed to cross the border. Belarusian officials retaliated, accusing Ukraine of “inhumane” remedy for pilgrims, and showed up to supply buses to take pilgrims to Ouman and return to Belarus.
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