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Russia and Belarus launch big military exercise that fueled Western concerns
NBC News
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September 12, 2025
Russia and Belarus on Friday launched a long-planned joint military exercise involving thousands of troops that has raised concern in the West. The exercises, dubbed “Zapad 2025,” or “West 2025,” are held in Belarus and Russia and will last...
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
Freedom News
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September 12, 2025
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following...
Belarus releases 52 political prisoners after Trump appeal
The Globe and Mail
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September 11, 2025
Belarus has freed 52 prisoners of various nationalities and they are now on their way to Lithuania with the U.S. delegation that negotiated their release, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Vilnius said on Thursday. Reuters
Belarus: RSF welcomes the release of nine arbitrarily detained journalists
Reporters Without Borders
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Those released include Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Ihar Losik (detained since June 2020) and several journalists from the Polish‑based exiled channel Belsat TV: Iryna Slaunikava (arrested in October 2021), Larysa Shchyrakova...
Ukraine increasingly finds Russian and Belarusian electronics in missiles
WHTC - Michigan
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is finding more and more Russian and Belarusian electronics in the wreckage of missiles fired at it by Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said. The remarks by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, commissioner for sanctions...
Belarus releases 52 prisoners after appeal from Trump
The Irish Times
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Belarus has released 52 prisoners of various nationalities after an appeal from US president Donald Trump. Those released were headed to Lithuania with the US delegation that negotiated their release, the US embassy in Vilnius said on Thursday. Mr...
Russia, Belarus Begin "Aggressive" Zapad Military Drills, Poland Closes Border
News18
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September 12, 2025
Russia and Belarus launched their “Zapad-2025” joint military exercises on September 12, involving drills in both countries and the Baltic and Barents seas. The exercises come amid heightened tensions, following Poland shooting down suspected...
Belarus Frees 52 Prisoners, Including Veteran Dissident, Journalists
International Business Times
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September 11, 2025
Belarus on Thursday freed 52 political prisoners, including an EU staff member, journalists, and dissidents -- a release mediated by the United States as Minsk seeks closer ties with President Donald Trump. Tens of thousands of Belarusians took to...
Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including foreigners, after visit by US delegation
The Guardian
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September 11, 2025
Belarus has released 52 prisoners of various nationalities, after a visit by a US delegation to Minsk, in Alexander Lukashenko’s latest attempt to balance ties between Russia and the west. Thursday’s prisoner release was one of the biggest of...
Belarus frees 52 political prisoners after US mediation
St. Kitts Gazette
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September 11, 2025
Belarus has released 52 prisoners following mediation by the United States, which has promised to grant Minsk sanctions relief. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday that the prisoners, along with the US delegation, had crossed...
John Coale to Newsmax: Prisoners ‘Very Happy’ After Release From Belarus
WPRO - Rhode Island
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September 12, 2025
The 52 political prisoners freed in Belarus on Thursday knew they were going to be released and were “very happy” to return to their lives, John Coale, President Donald Trump’s deputy envoy to Ukraine, told Newsmax. “Yes, this group did know,”...
Belarus frees 52 prisoners after Trump appeal
BDNews24
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Belarus released 52 prisoners of various nationalities on Thursday after an appeal from US President Donald Trump, and they headed to Lithuania with the US delegation that negotiated their release, the US embassy in Vilnius said. Trump had called...
Belarus frees prisoners amid thawing US relations
BusinessLIVE
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Vilnius — Belarus released 52 prisoners of various nationalities on Thursday after an appeal from US President Donald Trump and they were headed to Lithuania with the US delegation that negotiated their release, the US embassy in Vilnius said....
Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as U.S. lifts some sanctions on its national airline
NBC News
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September 11, 2025
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarus freed 52 political prisoners on Thursday, as the United States announced it was lifting some sanctions on the isolated country's national airline. Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has been repeatedly slapped with...
Russia-Belarus drills begin as tensions high after drone incursion in Poland
Sky News
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September 12, 2025
Thousands of troops are taking part in a joint military exercise between Russia and Belarus, as tensions with the EU run high following a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace earlier this week. The Zapad joint military exercise which began...
Russia and Belarus start drills near NATO border after drone incursion
CGTN
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Russia and Belarus began a major joint military exercise on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s doorstep on Friday that will involve drills in both countries and in the Baltic and Barents seas, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The...
Freed prisoners thank Trump but some say they would rather have stayed in Belarus
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Belarusian prisoners released from jail on Thursday and exiled to Lithuania thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his role but some said they would rather not have been forced to leave Belarus, especially as...
A WIN FOR DIPLOMACY: Belarus’ Lukashenko Releases 52 Prisoners After an Appeal From Trump and Visit of US Envoy John Coale (VIDEOS)
The Gateway Pundit
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September 12, 2025
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. Photo by By Kremlin.ru/Wiki Media. Lukashenko is remaking the ties to Trump’s US. ‘Highly respected’ (according to Donald J. Trump) president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko released 52 prisoners of...
Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including 9 journalists
European Federation of Journalists
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September 11, 2025
A man walks past an exhibition of portraits of Belarusian political prisoners serving prison sentences in Belarus, in central Warsaw, on 18 May 2025. Picture credit: Sergei Gapon / AFP. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the...
Poland deploys 40,000 troops ahead of Russia-Belarus Zapad drills
Al Mayadeen
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September 12, 2025
Poland deployed 40,000 troops on its eastern border as Russia and Belarus launch the Zapad 2025 drills amid tensions over a Russian drone incursion. Poland has deployed 40,000 troops along its eastern border as it braces for Russia and Belarus’...