Belarus

Belarus

A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keeps watch at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus' borders with Nato

In one of Russia's most pronounced nuclear signals since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine 13 months ago, President Vladimir Putin said on 26 March that Russia will station tactical...

People react at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

People of Ukraine need peace, but West does not care: Belarusian President

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia May 23, 2022. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

EU threatens new sanctions on Minsk if Belarus hosts Russian nukes

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, speaks during a news briefing, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

Photo: Collected

Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS

Belarus says it has 1.5 million potential soldiers outside armed forces

Photo: Collected

China says willing to deepen mutual political trust with Belarus

Photo: Reuters

Belarus to form 100,000-150,000 strong volunteer military force

Iskander-M missile launchers drive during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Belarus says it is now operating Russian Iskander missiles autonomously

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya attends a debate of The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) in Helsinki, Finland, December 13, 2022. Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa via REUTERS

Belarus puts exiled opposition leader on trial on treason charges

A Ukrainian service member walks near a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on a frontline near the town of Soledar in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 14, 2023. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS

Russia-Belarus to conduct 'defensive' air drills, sparking fear in Kyiv of new offensive in Ukraine

Russian paratroopers walk before boarding Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes as they take part in the military exercises "Zapad-2021" staged by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at an aerodrome in Kaliningrad Region, Russia, September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar/File Photo

Russia and Belarus beef up joint military grouping, plan drills

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, sits inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus January 5, 2023. Byalyatski and his co-workers Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich face from seven to 12 years in jail on charges of financing protests and smuggling money. Vitaly Pivovarchik/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS

Nobel Prize-winning rights defender goes on trial in Belarus