A provocative attack on Ukraine from Belarusian soil is a real possibility and risks taking the war in a new direction, a top defence official has warned. Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said a cunning Kremlin false flag operation should not […]
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Ukraine accuses Russia of preparing to stage a ‘false flag’ attack on oil refinery in Belarus in order to blame Kyiv saboteurs and draw Minsk into war SBU said attack would be carried out by forces disguised as Wagner mercenaries By James Callery Published: 16:18 BST, 4 August 2023 | […]
Belarus’s authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko is playing host to an alarming arsenal of Russian nuclear warheads, courtesy of Vladimir Putin and has lost little time in whipping up fears the weapons might one day be fired in anger. During a speech delivered today (August 1) in the town of Belovezhsky, […]
Poland has ramped up troop deployment on its eastern border and notified NATO after two Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace today, pushing tensions between Warsaw and it Moscow-allied neighbour to boiling point. ‘There was a violation of Polish airspace by two Belarusian helicopters that were training near the border,’ the Polish […]
Poland’s Ministry of Defence has reported that two Belarusian military helicopters violated Polish airspace during a training exercise. In response to the incursion Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of Defence has ordered the number of soldiers on the border to be increased. The Belarusian side had previously informed Poland about the […]
Poland and Lithuania are considering closing their respective borders with Belarus amid concerns over the presence there of the Wagner mercenary group, a Lithuanian deputy interior minister said on Friday. “The considerations are real. The possibility of closing the border exists,” Arnoldas Abramavičius told reporters. Belarus has been hosting Wagner […]
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to have returned to Russia despite being effectively exiled to Belarus last month. Prigozhin reached an agreement with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to stand down his men after attempting to push Vladimir Putin into getting rid of his top military advisors. Pictures emerged online on […]
July 25 (Reuters) – The Belarusian ministry of emergency situations is completing the arming and military training of its personnel to be ready to aid the defence and internal ministries in the event of an armed conflict, the head of the emergency ministry said on Monday. Emergency Minister Vadim Sinyavsky […]