Protests in Belarus OP-ED Katia Glod: Lukashenko’s plane hijack By Katia Glod. Published May 24, 2021 at 7:24 pm A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS (flight number FR4978) is parked on Minsk International Airport's apron in Minsk, on May 23, 2021. Photo by AFP Lukashenko is waging a war to retain power at any cost. Read more here.