(MENAFN) A critical stage of the joint Russia-Belarus military exercise Zapad-2025 commenced Monday in Belarus, featuring high-intensity, multi-domain combat simulations designed to test the allies’ readiness against external threats. The current...
(MENAFN) Belarus has claimed it shot down several drones that entered its airspace during a night of intense aerial attacks between Russia and Ukraine. According to Pavel Muraveiko, Chief of the General Staff, these drones were diverted from their...
(MENAFN) Belarus on Tuesday denounced Poland’s move to expel a Belarusian diplomat and halt border traffic during the Zapad-2025 military exercises, describing the actions as provocative. “We believe that this is an element of a provocative policy...
(MENAFN) Poland is set to fully close its border with Belarus starting at midnight on Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced. "For national security reasons, we will close the border with Belarus, including railway crossings ... on...
The situation on Poland’s borders remains dire for people on the move. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has visited Poland and other EU member states along the EU’s eastern border. Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration...
(MENAFN) Türkiye on Tuesday welcomed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) decision to dissolve the Minsk Group, a mediation body formed more than 30 years ago to address the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh....
(MENAFN) Ukraine has issued a firm warning to Belarus, urging it to steer clear of the Ukrainian border during its upcoming joint military exercises with Russia. These maneuvers, known as ‘Zapad-2025,’ are scheduled to take place in Belarus from...
(MENAFN) Ukraine has instructed Minsk to maintain a safe distance from its borders during the upcoming joint military exercises with Russia set to take place in Belarus. This advisory comes ahead of the ‘Zapad-2025’ military drill, which is...
(MENAFN) Ukraine has warned Belarus to keep its distance from the border during the upcoming ‘Zapad-2025’ military exercises, set for September 12–16. The caution comes amid Belarus’s cooperation with Russian forces, who have used Belarusian...
(MENAFN) Lithuania announced on Wednesday that it is increasing border security and deploying additional forces as Russia and Belarus prepare for joint military exercises scheduled in September. Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of the State Border...
On 17 September 2020, Viasna member and human rights defender Marfa Rabkova was arbitrarily detained for her legitimate human rights work. On the fifth anniversary of her detention, 30 human rights organisations within the framework of the...
Since even before 2020, EU sanctions against Belarus have failed to achieve their core goals, neither crippling the economy nor forcing a change in Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s behaviour. Instead, the EU strategy has arguably backfired – tightening...
1 One of them rolled into the oncoming traffic. The wheel, which flew off the bus of BATE soccer club, caused an accident on Independence Avenue in Minsk, reported the traffic police. The accident occurred in the evening on September 17. The...
Baku, September 17, AZERTAC Elnur Aliyev, First Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, met with Denis Bakey, Deputy Minister of Industry of Belarus. During the meeting, the two officials highlighted the flourishing Azerbaijani-Belarusian...
Latvian authorities have extended the closure of airspace over the country's border with Russia and Belarus until the morning of September 19. A source in the country's air traffic control service told TASS, APA reports. The restrictions apply to...
On News At 2 this September 17, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Delhi courts have raised serious concerns over police probes in the 2020 riot cases, citing fabricated evidence, fictitious witnesses and dictated...
MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. The Russia-Belarus Zapad 2025 joint strategic drills, which took place on September 12-16, have concluded, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Currently, the Russian military units and the coalition forces that...
MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. Latvia has extended the closure of airspace over the country's border with Russia and Belarus at altitudes up to 6 km until Friday morning, a source in the air traffic control service told TASS. "Initially, the air...
Executive Summary: On September 10, Poland shot down at least 19 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that had violated its airspace. Afterward, Poland invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founding treaty....
MINSK, September 17. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that the country’s next president should be "a strong man who has been through the wringer." "I have said many times that it will be a different person (the future...
