Traffic jam in Independence Avenue (photo, video)
The roads to the city are closed, people are queuing in the metro.
Minsk is full of traffic jams. The traffic has halted in Partisan Avenue, Independence Avenue and Surhanau Street, some sources report.
Independence Avenue
The metro is crowded, Euroradio listeners report. A men with a loudspeaker is urging people not to enter "Kastrychnitskaya" station because there is no room for more people on the platform.
Independence Avenue near the cinema "Kastrychnik".
Houses in Lyaukou and Zhukouski Streets have been left without electricity and hot water supply, Euroradio listeners report.
Photo by - Euroradio