2 month agoRussia's actions and Belarus's connivance in the use of its airspace pose a direct threat to the security of all countries in the region - joint statement by the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
The list of 52 released prisoners includes three Polish citizens and eight Belarusian citizens who were journalists and collaborators with Belsat TV and other Polish media outlets. Polish diplomacy sought their release. @Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Paweł Wroński
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman of Poland: we hope that the next group to be released from Belarusian prisons will also include Andrzej Poczobut
2 month agoUS President's representative John Cole arrived in Minsk: he held talks with Alexander Lukashenka and announced the White House's decision to lift sanctions on Belavia Airlines. At the same time, Lithuania announced the release of more than 50 prisoners from Belarusian colonies.
According to Zerkalo, Dmitry Dashkevich, Igor Losik and Pavel Mozheiko have been released by Lukashenka
Latvia closes airspace near the border with Russia and Belarus
Air traffic in the eastern part of Poland along the borders with Belarus and Ukraine is limited from September 10 to December 9, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) announced in a statement.
NATO sources say two flying objects entered Lithuanian airspace at 10 a.m. Wednesday (just under 6 hours ago). They were not engaged, and reconnaissance is ongoing - Bild
A damaged drone was found in Czosnówka village in eastern Poland, some 40 km from Poland's border with Belarus, local police say
2 month agoBy decision of Prime Minister @DonaldTusk, due to the threat posed by the Belarusian-Russian Zapad maneuvers, the border with Belarus will be closed overnight from Thursday to Friday. The closure of the border with Belarus will be temporary. The decision to reopen will be made only when we are certain that we are safe, Minister @MKierwinski emphasized.
2 month agoPrime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk decided to close the border with Belarus due to aggressive Russian-Belarusian maneuvers
Alexandru Bălan, 47, former Deputy Director of Moldova's security service, has been detained in Romania on charges of treason. Romanian authorities accuse him of transmitting classified state secrets to Belarus's KGB in return for money
Mysterious drone debris discovered near the border in Terespol. Prosecutors are investigating the case, but details remain unclear.
3 month agoTrump on Lukashenka: Very respected man. Strong person, strong leader
3 month agoThe Belarusian KGB says it has detained Polish spy Grzegorz Havel, who was gathering information about the upcoming Belarusian-Russian military exercises "Zapad-2025"
The CSTO exercises will practice planning for the use of nuclear weapons, said Chief of the General Staff of Belarus Pavel Muraveiko.
Belarus Announces Lithuania Installs 'Dragon's Teeth' at Border Checkpoints
The US Treasury removed Dana Holdings Limited, its subsidiary, and Nebojša Karić (son of Bogoljub Karić) from the US sanctions list. The companies and the family have multiple projects in Belarus and are well-connected to Lukashenka
Lithuania declares no-fly zone near border with Belarus until October 1
Belarus seeks to deepen ties with Iran in all areas including "military-technical cooperation", state news agency Belta quoted President Alexander Lukashenka as telling his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday. It said Pezeshkian, on a visit to Belarus, said Iran was ready to help Belarus to "neutralise illegal Western sanctions"
3 month agoTrump: I had a wonderful talk with the highly respected President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko. The purpose of the call was to thank him for the release of 16 prisoners. We are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners. Our conversation was a very good one. We discussed many topics, including President Putin’s visit to Alaska. I look forward to meeting President Lukashenko in the future
Lukashenka and Trump had a phone call, - Belarusian state media
Drill to plan usage of nuclear weapons and Oreshnik will be practiced at the Zapad-2025 exercises — Belarusian Defense Ministry
Several hundred Russian military personnel arrived in Belarus for exercises, but there is no threat — State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Today in Warsaw, Poland, Belarusians gathered to mark 5 years since the mass protests and rigged elections of 2020. The rally brought together @Tsihanouskaya, hundreds of Belarusians amd foreign diplomats
Belarusian 'president' Alexander Lukashenka says he will not run for a new presidential term, according to TASS
Minsk is alarmed by the aggressive attitude of Poland and the Baltics towards Belarus, Lukashenka said
4 month agoThe first echelon with Russian military personnel and equipment arrived in the Republic of Belarus for preparation and further participation in the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia "West-2025"
Germany has deployed fighter jets to Poland for the first time. This decision was made against the backdrop of joint exercises between russia and Belarus near the NATO border
The European Commission is investigating a series of unusual flights from Minsk to Benghazi amid growing concern that Russia may be helping to drive a new wave of irregular migration to southern Europe, an EU official told Euractiv
