Belarus

Several hundred Russian troops arrive in Belarus for drills; border guards see no immediate threat

Several hundred Russian troops have arrived in Belarus for planned military exercises, along with shipments of military equipment, State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said on Aug. 11.

11 August 2025, 01:55 PM

Russian troops land in Belarus for Zapad-2025 exercises

The first echelon of Russian troops and equipment arrived in Belarus to prepare for the Zapad-2025 joint strategic military exercises scheduled for this fall, Belarus’ Defense Ministry announced on Aug. 6.

6 August 2025, 08:59 PM

Russian drone crashed in Lithuania carried a warhead, investigation finds

Lithuania’s Public Prosecutor's Office has established that a Russian drone which crashed in the country in July was carrying two kilograms of explosives, LRT public broadcaster reported on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 11:37 PM

Belarus to amend martial law: 'Aggression' against Russia may trigger wartime measures

Belarus’s Defense Ministry has submitted a bill to parliament that proposes changes to the country’s martial law legislation, the ministry’s press service announced on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 02:22 PM

Aeroflot cancels over 50 flights in one day after hacker attack — Russian media

Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia, canceled 22 flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and 31 incoming flights to the capital, Russian Interfax propaganda outlet wrote on July 29.

29 July 2025, 03:46 PM

Belarus downs mystery drone over capital

The Belarusian air defenses intercepted a drone over Minsk overnight, the country’s Defense Ministry claimed on Telegram on July 29, posting a photo of the debris.

29 July 2025, 03:09 PM

Hackers exploit Aeroflot CEO’s weak password, disrupt flights

The breach of the IT systems of Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, was facilitated by the unchanged password of CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky since 2022, Belarusian Cyber Partisans BY reported on their website on July 28.

28 July 2025, 09:33 PM

Belarusian cyberpartisans claim total destruction of Aeroflot IT system as Kremlin notes ‘alarming’ reports

Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot canceled 42 flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, including to Yekaterinburg, Minsk, and St. Petersburg, due to a major IT system failure, the airline’s press office said on the morning of July 28.

28 July 2025, 03:15 PM

SBU nabs Belarusian KGB agent tracking Ukraine’s border defenses

An agent of Belarus’s State Security Committee (KGB) who was gathering intelligence on Ukraine’s northern border defenses was detained, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service reported on Telegram on July 28.

28 July 2025, 01:23 PM

Lithuania hunts mystery drone from Belarus in NATO airspace

An unidentified drone of an unspecified type was spotted at Lithuanian airspace on the morning, the LRT news outlet reported on July 28, posting a video of the drone flying at an altitude of about 200 meters near Vilnius.

28 July 2025, 12:04 PM

Lukashenko proposes Trump restore U.S.-Belarus ties

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has proposed that U.S. President Donald Trump restore relations between Washington and Minsk, the state-run BelTA news agency reported on July 4.

4 July 2025, 12:31 PM

Belarus price controls led to potato shortages, surging exports to Russia

Caused by self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko’s insistence on strict price controls, Belarus endured a shortage of potatoes this spring, Politico reported on June 26.

27 June 2025, 12:43 AM

Belarus and U.S. are considering the possibility of fully normalizing relations

Belarus' Permanent Representative to the UN, Valentin Rybakov, said Belarus and the United States are discussing the possibility of fully normalizing relations, BelTA news agency reported on June 22.

22 June 2025, 07:59 PM

Belarus lifts EU import ban to buy potatoes amid shortage

Belarus lifted its ban on importing potatoes, apples, onions, and cabbage from “unfriendly states,” the European Union, from May 27, The Moscow Times reported.

28 May 2025, 10:55 AM

Belarusian firm secretly sends luxury brands to Russia — investigation

A Belarusian company has been supplying luxury European branded goods to Russia in violation of EU and U.S. sanctions, while undervaluing shipments to evade taxes, the Belarusian Investigative Center reported on May 27.

27 May 2025, 06:59 PM

No nuclear weapons or ‘Oreshnik’ in Belarus, Ukrainian intelligence says

Belarus does not possess nuclear weapons or the so-called Oreshnik system, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service chief Oleh Ivashchenko said in an interview with Ukrinform published on May 26.

26 May 2025, 01:18 PM

Kyiv expands import tariffs to protect domestic industry

Ukraine's Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade extended the anti-dumping duties on anti-corrosion coated metal products from China and Russia, cement from Moldova, Russia, and Belarus for five years, Economy Ministry wrote on May 22.

22 May 2025, 02:11 PM

List of Belarusian citizens fighting for Russia against Ukraine published online

As of early 2025, at least 742 mercenaries holding passports of the Republic of Belarus were serving in Russia’s occupying army. The figures were reported on April 28 by the state-run project I Want to Live, part of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which assists in voluntary surrenders.

28 April 2025, 04:17 PM

Belarusian troops haven’t invaded Ukraine because they’re not ready — military expert

Belarusian forces didn’t join Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine because they simply weren’t prepared for real combat, said Ukrainian military analyst Serhiy Hrabskyi in an interview with NV on April 11.

12 April 2025, 02:25 PM

Belarusian and Russian officials not invited to Buchenwald liberation memorial events in Germany

Representatives of Belarus and Russia were not invited to attend memorial events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, which will take place in Germany in April, Belarusian service of Radio Svoboda reported on April 4, citing Belarus’s Foreign Ministry.

4 April 2025, 05:17 PM

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