What The Meeting With Released Belarusian Political Prisoners Looked Like In Vilnius

11 Galina Derbysh cries after her release. Vilnius, Lithuania. September 11, 2025. Photo: Belsat Touching footage. A touching meeting with political prisoners, released from Belarusian prisons, was held near the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius. A total of...

Russian-Belarusian Exercises "Zapad-2025" Started

6 Poland responds by moving troops to its eastern borders. The joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia "Zapad-2025" has started, the press service of the Defense Ministry said on September 12. The exercise "is the final...

Lukashists Have Come Up With An Innovation For Belarusians With Foreign Residence Permits

8 It will also affect those with dual citizenship. Belarusians, who have obtained a second citizenship or residence permit of a foreign state, want to oblige to submit fingerprints when exchanging documents. This is provided by the draft...

Lithuania Says In What Case It Will Close The Border With Belarus "at The Very Minute"

1 Photo: Reuters Border control has been increased. Poland has closed the border with Belarus from September 12 because of the exercise "West-2025. Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovic said that if there are provocations, Lithuania...

US Senators Propose Bill to Label Russia and Belarus as Terrorism Sponsors Over Ukrainian Child Abductions

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators proposed a bill that would officially recognize Russia and Belarus as state sponsors of terrorism for the abduction of Ukrainian children during the war. The initiative has drawn attention in light of recent...

Poland Shuts Belarus Border, Erects Barbed Wire Ahead of Russia-Belarus War Games

Poland has closed its border with Belarus in response to large-scale Russian-Belarusian military drills, a move Moscow criticized as “destructive,” warning that it could have consequences. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Tuesday that...

US senators introduce bill to label Russia and Belarus state sponsors of terrorism

Stock Photo: Getty Images A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill to label Russia and Belarus state sponsors of terrorism due to the abduction of Ukrainian children. Source: Axios, as reported by European Pravda Details: On...

Zapad 2025: Massive Russian-Belarusian War Games Send NATO Scrambling

Belarus and Russia have begun large-scale joint military exercises under the name Zapad 2025, intensifying concerns among NATO member states along the eastern flank. The drills started on 12 September and will continue until 16 September, taking...

State Border Guard Service on Zapad-25 drills: No large concentration of Russian troops observed in Belarus

A Ukrainian state border guard. Stock photo: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Ukraine is currently not observing a large presence of Russian troops in Belarus, with the contingent deployed for the Zapad-2025 exercises smaller than, for...

Lithuania Will Not Lift Sanctions Against Belarus

Kęstutis Budrys Photo: LRT This was stated by the head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry. Following Lukashenko's release of 52 political prisoners and the US lifting of sanctions on Belavia, Foreign Minister Kiastutis Budrys insists that...

Russia and Belarus begin huge Zapad wargames on Europe's doorstep feared to be invasion rehearsal as Poland seals off border with barbed wire 'iron curtain'

Russia and Belarus began war games on NATO's eastern border on Friday, with Europe on high alert after Poland accused Moscow of flying drones in its airspace. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have ramped up security ahead of the Zapad 2025 drills,...

In Belarus A Global Network Supplies Russia’s War Machine

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko salutes in front of servicemen during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2017. Zapad 2025 begins September 12. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)...

Russia and Belarus begin joint military drills two days after drones violated Polish airspace

RUSSIA AND ITS key ally Belarus have begun joint military drills, amid tensions with NATO countries after Poland accused Moscow of firing attack drones through its airspace this week. “The joint strategic manouevres of the Russian and Belarusian...

No large Russian troop presence observed in Belarus for Zapad-2025 exercises – SBGS spox

The number of Russian personnel participating in the Zapad-2025 military exercises is lower than in 2023, when Russia deployed around 10–12 thousand troops in Belarus. State Border Guard Service Spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said this during a...

Poland shuts all border crossings with Belarus ahead of Russian-Belarusian military drills

Poland shut all border crossings with Belarus on the night of September 11. According to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA, Polish border guards rolled out barbed wire and set up metal barriers at the checkpoints. Previously, two crossings...

Belarus shared drone movement data with Poland overnight, Warsaw calls it "useful"

Drones. Photo: Getty Images General Wiesław Kukuła, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, has confirmed that the Polish side received information from Belarus about drones flying in its direction. Source: Polish TV channel TVN24,...

Russia and Belarus launch military exercise that fueled Western concerns

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...

Poland completely closes its border with Belarus

Poland closed all border crossing points with Belarus at midnight from Thursday to Friday, TVN24 reported. “This is connected with the Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2025," TVN24 reported. "It seems that everyone who had doubts about...

Russia Belarus Drills

Defense Ministry: Belarus ready to counter any sabotage during “West-2025” exercises