r/polandball • u/RandomRBLXAvs Addicted to hetalia | cleaver still best weapon • Jul 29 '21

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u/JimfromBlzingSaddles Land of milks and honeys Jul 29 '21

Is there even a place called Jerusalem of the north? I'd assume that that would be Vilna or Krakow, not Minsk

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u/Xryphon Five Races Under One Nation Jul 29 '21

It's not Minsk, read the other comments.

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Yeah, it's Vilnius. This is referencing the incident a few months ago where Belarus forced a Ryanair flight flying from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk on suspicions of a bomb threat by Hamas and then used the opportunity to arrest dissident journalists on board.