The head of a banned Belarusian opposition party who had been behind bars for two years was released on Monday as the authoritarian country frees a trickle of political prisoners.
China sent troops to Belarus for training for the first time, conducting an exercise called “Eagle Assault” near the Polish border.
Belarusian Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Viktor Khrenin said on Monday that his country’s forces are joining “tactical nuclear weapon deployment” drills ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Belarus accuses NATO of provocations that could trigger nucelar apocalypse, and of allegedly launching ‘combat drone’ strikes against Minsk.
Polls opened Sunday in Belarus’ tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections which the opposition dismissed as a “senseless farce.”
Belarusian authorities convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent regional newspaper of “discrediting the Republic of Belarus”.
Cuban diaspora media outlets, citing military and political experts, suggested this week that agreements between the communist Castro regime and its comrades in the government of Belarus could result in Cuban special forces taking on a significant role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Satellite images from Belarus suggest that organizers had begun to dismantle a large tent camp believed to house Wagner PMC fighters.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Sunday there is a “realistic possibility” that Russia is no longer funding the mercenary Wagner Group.
In a veiled threat, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said members of the Wagner mercenary group would like to pay a visit to Poland.
Belarus said that instructors from Russia’s Wagner forces were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the group’s future.
Alexander Lukashenko, the despotic president of Belarus, said on Thursday that Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia.
Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus after his failed rebellion against the Kremlin, Alexander Lukashenko said.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday morning issued his first statement since his aborted insurrection over the weekend.
The decision to turn back from Moscow followed threats against the families of Wagner leaders from the Kremlin, UK security sources claimed.
The exile of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus could be a smokescreen for a surprise attack on Ukraine, a former UK army chief warned.
Under the deal announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prigozhin will go to Belarus, and charges against him will be dropped.
Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko claims he struck a deal with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop the group’s march on Moscow.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko announced on Wednesday that his country has begun receiving Russian tactical nuclear weapons and “everything is ready” for their deployment.
Lukashenko said he didn’t want “a single bastard… set foot on Belarusian soil” and that if they did, “the response will be immediate”.
There could be “nuclear weapons for everyone” who wants to join the Union between Russia and Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said.
Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday formalizing the procedure for deploying Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason after declaring herself president.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day state visit. Lukashenko endorsed China’s nebulous “peace plan” for Ukraine during a meeting with fellow dictator Xi Jinping, shoring up the rising China-dominated axis of authoritarianism.
Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day trip in which he will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin used the occasion of Security Agency Worker’s Day, a Russian holiday to honor spies and intelligence agents, on Tuesday to urge them to focus on the threats of “traitors” at home.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Belarus in more than three years on Monday, using one of his few journeys outside Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine invasion to shore up his relationship with Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko and pressure Belarus to pour its own troops into the Ukrainian quagmire.
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Immigration, Ylva Johansson, has warned that Russia may be trying to create an influx of refugees into the European Union by bombing critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he has order troops to join Russian forces in a deployment near the border of Ukraine.
There are fears Belarus may be looking for an excuse to formally join the war on Ukraine after it accused Kyiv of planning to attack them.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday that the 2022 Peace Prize will be awarded to Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and two organizations, Memorial of Russia and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine.
President Zelensky vowed that Ukraine will resist Russia “until the end” without “any concession”, as the nation marks its Independence Day.
The Polish government has reported that it has seen a new surge of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempt to cross into the country illegally from Belarus, claiming the migrants first fly to Russia.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia’s defence minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Stanislav Shushkevich, who steered Belarus to independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 87.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko accused Britain of staging a “psychological operation” in Bucha to fake the alleged attrocities.
The Polish Border Guard saw a surge in illegal immigrants coming via Belarus this week, with 134 attempting to cross into the EU and NATO member on Tuesday — a daily record number for the year so far.
