MINSK, Belarus, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko fired two top military officials over a foreign plane that entered Belarus and dropped hundreds of teddy bears.
Dmitry Pakhmelkin, the chief of Air Defense and Air Force, and Igor Rachkovsky, the head of the State Border Committee, lost their posts Tuesday, but were not removed from the military, for the incident last month, RIA Novosti reported.