Russia and Belarus Launch Zapad-2025 Military Drills

Zapad 2025 military drills. X/ @Habernasonline September 12, 2025 Hour: 10:30 am On Friday, the Russian and Belarusian armies began the Zapad-2025 strategic maneuvers, held on the territories of both countries as well as in the waters of the...

UK says 'great news' British national freed in Belarus release deal

Jack BurgessBBC News ShareSave Julia Fenner was given a seven-year jail term last month UK-Belarus dual citizen Julia Fenner, who is the wife of a British diplomat, has been freed from prison by Belarus as part of a broader release agreed with the...

Belarus Releases 52 Political Prisoners Following US Intervention, Sanctions Relief

Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 00:07 IST Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed the safe arrival of the freed prisoners across the Lithuanian border on Thursday. The timing of the release is significant, coming just a day after Russian...

Belarusda “Azadlıq Radiosu”nun jurnalisti İqor Losik azadlığa buraxılıb

Belarusda 52 siyasi məhbus azadlığa çıxarılıb. Onların arasında Litva, Latviya, Polşa, Almaniya, Fransa və Böyük Britaniya vətəndaşları da var. Azad olunanlar arasında “Azadlıq Radiosu”nun Belarus xidməti ilə əməkdaşlıq edən jurnalist İqor Losik...

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners in U.S.-brokered deal

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (R) and U.S. envoy John Coale shake hands while meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday and ahead of the release of 52 political prisoners. Photo by Belarus President Press Service/EPA Sept. 11 (UPI) --...

Belarus frees 52 prisoners

Belarus has freed 52 prisoners, and they have crossed into Lithuania, the Lithuanian president said on Thursday. In June, Belarus freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana...

Belarusian Investigative Centre wins a prestigious Free Media Award

The awards were presented to journalists and media outlets from Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan. Six independent editorial teams and reporters in Eastern and Central Europe were recognised for their work during an...

Newly Freed Belarusian Prisoners Shed Tears At Emotional News Conference

Belarusian prisoners released from jail on September 11 were brought to tears by the Free Choir of Belarus at an emotional news conference in Vilnius. The newly freed individuals described years of grim and sometimes sadistic conditions in prison...

Russia slams Poland for closing Belarus border crossings

Russia criticised Poland’s decision Thursday to shut all border crossings with Belarus, claiming it would escalate tensions in Europe and negatively affect trade and residents. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement that...

Belarus frees political prisoners in exchange for easing of US sanctions

ShareSave Alexander Lukashenko met the US special envoy in Belarus ahead of the prisoner releases Dozens of political prisoners have been freed from Belarusian prisons as part of a deal between authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and US...

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners in US-brokered deal

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...

Russia-Belarus military drill tests nerves on NATO’s eastern flank at the end of a tense week

Alarms bells sounded this week in Europe after NATO jets scrambled to intercept an unprecedented Russian drone incursion in Poland. Now there is fresh unease on NATO’s eastern flank, as Russia and Belarus kick off major military drills to test the...

Russia and Belarus launch big 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...

Belarus Releases 52 Political Prisoners After Meeting With U.S. Officials in Minsk

Belarus released dozens of political prisoners, including several from the West, following negotiations between U.S. and Belarusian officials in Minsk, Lithuania’s president announced Thursday. “No man left behind! 52 prisoners safely crossed the...

Belarus Frees Hostages After Trump Intervention

Home Europe Belarus Belarus Frees Hostages After Trump Intervention Belarus' state news agency Belta said those released included 14 foreign nationals - from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Britain and Germany. Belarus on Thursday released 52...

Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus

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 frees 52 political prisoners as U.S. lifts some sanctions on its national airline

Ukraine increasingly finds Russian and Belarusian electronics in missiles

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...

Russia, Belarus Begin "Aggressive" Zapad Military Drills, Poland Closes Border

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 releases 52 political prisoners after Trump appeal

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