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CONFLICT6h agoEvacuees reunite with family at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border after fleeing Oleshky - AP NewsEvacuees reunite with family at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border after fleeing Oleshky AP NewsAP News
CONFLICT11h agoEvacuated Ukrainians from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrive in BelarusOleshky residents had been without food, water and electricity, with many resorting to cooking garden weeds to survive.BBC World
CONFLICT12h agoHundreds from Russian-occupied Oleshky land in Belarus en route to UkraineFour planes transporting evacuees from the war-ravaged city have arrived in Belarus's Gomel.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICT12h agoThree planes with Ukrainians from Oleshky arrived in BelarusDe mensen die uit de Zuid-Oekraïense stad Olesjky zijn geëvacueerd, zijn via een omweg weer aangekomen in Oekraïne. Dat meldt president Zelensky op sociale media. De inwoners van Olesjky zaten vast in hun stad. Die werd op de eerste dag van de Russische invasie in 2022 bezet en lag sindsdien zwaar onder vuur. Van de oorspronkelijk 20.000 inwoners waren er naar schatting nog 2000 in de stad. Wegkomen voor hen was nagenoeg onmogelijk door onder meer de dagelijkse aanvallen en de mijnen die er liggen. De afgelopen tijd werd de situatie onhoudbaar: door Russische mijnen kon geen auto de stad meer NOS Buitenland
CONFLICT12h agoUkraine-Russia war latest: Planes carrying evacuated residents from Oleshky land in BelarusMarco Rubio said a ceasefire would not solve the war, but would solve a ‘unique aspect of it’The Independent World
CONFLICT13h agoRussia-occupied Oleshky evacuees arrive in Belarus, Ukraine nextThree ⁠planes ⁠carrying residents evacuated ⁠from the Russian-controlled frontline Ukrainian city of Oleshky landed at Gomel airport ‌in Belarus, the Belta state news agency reported on Saturday. The evacuees, wishing to leave for ⁠Ukraine, travelled by bus via the ‌Crimean peninsula to the Russian town of ‌Anapa before flying to Belarus ⁠and ⁠will proceed to Ukraine ‌via a border crossing, Belta said. Starving and ‌exhausted ‌residents were evacuated ‌as ⁠part of a joint relief ⁠operation by...South China Morning Post
MILITARY3d agoGermany brigade in Lithuania to monitor Kaliningrad, Belarus with electronic warfare - ReutersGermany brigade in Lithuania to monitor Kaliningrad, Belarus with electronic warfare ReutersReuters World
CONFLICT3d agoRussian military plane to transport evacuees from occupied Ukrainian town through Russia and Belarus, documents showResidents of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region who want to evacuate to Ukraine will be flown to Belarus aboard a Russian Defense Ministry aircraft, according to documents shown in photographs published by Fox News.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 23Belarus continues to help Russia use signal repeaters during attacks on Ukraine – military spoxNo Russian troops are being redeployed to Belarus, but Lukashenko continues to allow signal repeaters to be used for Russian drones that kill Ukrainians.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 18 Would be very dangerous : Zelenskyy claims Russia planning to strike western Ukraine using Belarusian territorybignewsnetwork.com · United States
CONFLICTOct 17Putin wants to deploy ballistic missiles in Belarus to attack western Ukraine, Zelensky saysUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 9Kyiv protests Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affairesKyiv has lodged a protest over Belarus’s summoning of Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in the Republic of Belarus to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 8Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent years fighting EU sanctions over Belarus. He finally won (but remains sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine).EU ambassadors removed Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Jaw-Jaw With Belarus, Revisited Amid Ukraine WarIn 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, “Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,” where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years later, we asked Michael to revisit his arguments. Image: President of BelarusIn your 2021 article, you named Belarus as one of the most likely places for a war to break out between Russia and the West. Belarus became a staging ground for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, yet a direct confrontation with NATWar on the Rocks
POLITICSOct 1After Belarus Prisoner Release, US Senators Call For Similar Steps In AzerbaijanIn mid-September, Belarus released 25 prisoners held in politically linked cases after the United States agreed to lift sanctions on two major Belarusian companies. Now three US senators from both major parties are calling on President Donald Trump's administration to pursue a similar approach with Azerbaijan, where rights groups say some 300 political prisoners, including journalists and activists, are behind bars.RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 28Federal politics week : Bill C - 39 , Belarus potash , EU all hot issuesKey federal political issues for the week include Bill C-39, Belarus potash, and EU matters. These topics represent current legislative and international relations discussions in federal politics.gx94radio.com · Canada
CONFLICTSep 26How Russia recruits Belarusians for war in Ukraine: Methods and consequencesRussia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 25Poland hopes its asylum suspension at Belarus border could become model for EuropePoland hopes its suspension of asylum procedures at the Belarus border could become a model for Europe. This reflects a regional approach to migration policy.wsbradio.com · United States
POLITICSSep 22Lukashenko says Belarus doesn’t have enough potash for Trump"Even if we wanted to supply [potash] to other, Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes," said the Belarusian president.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 21Trump says U.S. is working on ‘major deal’ to replace Canadian potash with Belarusian supplies, but President Alexander Lukashenko says Minsk has none to sparePresident Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. is working on “a massive Deal” to buy potash fertilizer from Belarus.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 20Focus of Ukrainian media on threats from Belarus overlooks its society — Belsat editor-in-chiefAlina Koushyk, editor-in-chief of the Belsat television channel, believes that the predominance of coverage about Belarus in the context of threats in Ukrainian media shapes Ukrainians' perception of the country accordingly, while developments within Belarusian society remain largely overlooked.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTSep 19Ukraine detects Russian drone signal relays operating in BelarusUkraine has been detecting signal relays operating in Belarus for a week that amplify signals for Russian drones.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Lukashenko suggests planting more potatoes in Belarus in futureAleksandr Lukashenko said: “The government has been instructed to find target markets over winter. And we have to make up our minds about where we are going to grow potatoes. We have to grow more potatoes in Belarus”...belarus · belarus
CONFLICTSep 16Kyiv says Belarus reactivated relays that helped Russian drones strike a gas station and passenger train near Ukraine’s border with PolandMeduza [en]