They are intended to showcase close defense ties between Moscow and Minsk, as well as Russia’s military might as it fights its 3½-year-old war in neighboring Ukraine.

UK-Belarus dual citizen Julia Fenner, who is the wife of a British diplomat, has been freed from prison by Belarus as part of a broader release agreed with the US. She had been given a long jail term last month after being detained on the border as she entered Belarus in March 2024.

Near Minsk, Belarus is building a secret military base likely intended for the "Oreshnik" missile system, according to satellite imagery. Since 2022, Belarus has upgraded multiple military sites and is now finishing two new bases near Ukraine’s border, just days ahead of the… pic.twitter.com/uecvZJDLU0

Belarus has launched the strategic exercises Zapad 2025 on 12 September, during which Belarusian and Russian forces are practising actions to "repel possible aggression" and improve coordination. Source: European Pravda,

Belarusian opposition politician Mikola Statkevich refused to leave Belarus and staged a lone vigil in no man’s land on the Lithuanian border.Statkevich, the most prominent among the

NATO announced plans to beef up the defense of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine.

Belarus freed 52 political prisoners Thursday as part of a deal brokered by the United States, which lifted some sanctions on the country’s national airline. The deal is the latest step toward a possible rapprochement between Washington and Minsk,

Europe faces a new flashpoint as Russia’s massive “Zapad” military exercises in Belarus spark alarm across NATO. Moscow has escalated tensions by using its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles near the Polish border,