Russia, Belarus and Winter Olympics
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Russia first used an Oreshnik against Ukraine in November 2024, striking the city of Dnipro. Most recently, the weapon was deployed in an attack on western Lviv Oblast on Jan. 9.
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warned Donald Trump against trusting her country’s authoritarian leader, whom the US president invited to joint his Board of Peace initiative.
Belarus joined Donald Trump's conflict resolution initiative despite concerns over its president's continued crackdown on dissent and support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. View on euronews
Poland reports that smuggling balloons from Belarus have crossed into its airspace for a third consecutive night
Consul General of Belarus in Istanbul Evgeniya Bortkevich, together with Belarusian companies engaged in organic fertilizer technologies, attended the opening of the Agroexpo 2026 exhibition in Izmir.
Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka has mobilized his troops for a month-long combat inspection, putting Ukrainian authorities on high alert.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga RuginenÄ— says she doesn't expect any improvement in relations between Vilnius and Minsk in the near future. According to her, the Belarusian authorities are still betting on a show of force, rather than on dialog. "So far I don't see warming in this respect and probably there are no reasons for it," Inga Ruginene LRT.
While Russian and Belarusian national and club teams won't be reintegrated into IIHF championships in 2026-27, the IIHF will consider reintegrating U-18 players in 2027-28.
MINSK. Feb 2 (Interfax) - Brazil is interested in boosting imports of potash fertilizer from Belarus, and hopes to resume collaboration between Minsk and Embraer, Brazilian Ambassador to Belarus Bernard Klingl said after a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Several Russian servicemen who returned from Ukrainian captivity as part of the exchange were admitted in serious condition to a medical facility in Belarus. This was reported on February 7 by the Belarus-1 TV channel with reference to a Belarusian doctor.