After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

Volodymyr Zelensky claims up to 150,000 Russian troops are being trained for a possible future attack from inside Belarus.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine needs a permanent army of 1.5 million people to counter a potential ...

North Korean soldiers have been “brought in again” to fight at the frontline in the Kursk region after reports that foreign soldiers were withdrawn following their mounting losses, Ukrainian president ...

It was initially hoped the operation would relieve pressure on other parts of the more than 1,000km-long (620 miles) frontline, particularly in eastern Ukraine. Moscow is continuing its relentless ...

Novaya Guta is one of almost a dozen border crossings left deserted since Russia invaded Ukraine via Belarus in February 2022, slashing relations between Minsk and Kyiv. Up to 17,000 people a day ...

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second significant town in Donetsk to fall to the Russians this month after Moscow claimed control of ...

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko speaks at a press conference after casting his vote in the Belarusian presidential election. -/Belarusian Presidency/dpa ...

Belarusians have been voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking to the media after voting in presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) ...

This map displays the political divisions of Belarus with clear, unfilled outlines. Each region is distinctly marked, emphasizing its boundaries and geography. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once ...

"I am afraid," said the talkative 63-year-old on Lenin Avenue in Gomel, a town of half a million near where the borders of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia meet. "I want peace," the former electrician ...