Tag: Belarus

Belarus says it was forced to install Russian nuclear weapons because of Nato pressure amid widespread condemnation. Minsk said the…

Belarus claims it has 1.5 million potential military personnel outside its armed forces. President Alexander Lukashenko is backing Vladimir Putin’s…

Russia’s armed forces are training in Belarus as the Kremlin ally comes under increasing pressure to join the war in…

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said the dictatorial president Alexander Lukashenko will face an uprising if he commits…

Belarusian strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko says the nation’s SU-24 warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons. Lukashenko said he…

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin says he will send Belarus nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles. “In the coming months, we will transfer to…

Lithuania is threatening to effectively cut off rail links to Russia’s Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad and isolate it from the…

A Russian law student detained after her Ryanair flight from Greece was forced to land in Belarus last May has…

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (pictured) has asked for harder sanctions against Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, saying he shares full…

Hundreds of Belarusian citizens have joined four Ukrainian deployments on the front lines in response to Minsk’s key role in…

Russia has begun a live-firing exercise in Belarus, sparking further fears of an invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. Nato said Russia’s…

A United Nations report on the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight last year by Belarus says Minsk’s bomb threat…

The exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says she will not cry over her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky’s 18-year jail term…

Belarus has announced it will stage joint military exercises with Russia near its border with Ukraine and claimed that Nato…

Poland is blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for its migrant crisis on its border with Belarus. On Monday there were…