Alexander Lukashenko

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has held a meeting with Geoffrey van Leeuwen, Chief of Staff of the NATO Secretary General

The initiative, which The Atlantic noted is "still in its early stages," would "promise to advance several of Trump's goals at once."

President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada has thus far spared one critical import for American farmers: potash, a crucial fertilizer component and plant nutrient that has virtually no substitute

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has warned of a real threat of increased Russian provocations against Ukraine from Belarusian territory

Trump Looks to Sideline Canadian Potash With Belarusian Supply Deal

The deal was part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to free hundreds of people including human rights campaigners, political activists, journalists and lawyers in exchange for sanctions relief and an easing of his international isolation

They cited arbitrary arrests, torture, denial of legal safeguards, closed trials, and the continued harassment of former detainees

When John Coale, a friend of President Trump’s serving as a diplomat in Eastern Europe, was asked on short notice to meet with Belarus’s strongman leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, he followed colleagues’ advice to “yuk it up.”

But behind the new architecture sat a familiar assumption, unchanged after four years of war: that enough conventional pressure on the battlefield will eventually force Russian President Vladimir Putin toward a negotiated off-ramp

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Zelensky's warning comes as fuel crisis deepens in Russia and companies might have to sell lower quality gasoline and diesel

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The Kremlin has denied that Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko conveyed any message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Russian missiles and drones killed at least eight civilians and injured 35 others in Ukraine on Monday in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “horrific attacks.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared a 40-day campaign of targeted airstrikes “against the aggressor state aimed at compelling it to end the war” on Thursday as the Kremlin found itself on the back foot as fuel shortages worsened across Russia

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko travelled to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin's residence in Valdai, Russia, on 26 June

Lukashenko accused the Ukrainian military of launching a drone strike in Russia’s Bryansk region last week that hit a bus carrying a Belarusian youth soccer team

During the Napoleonic incursion of 1812 or the Nazi German assault in 1941, anywhere behind the mountain range that divides Russia’s European part from Siberia seemed far enough for the evacuation of civilians and military factories

Zelensky wins fresh Trump backing amid calls to tighten pressure on Moscow

Its success has caused fuel shortages and disrupted army supply lines, stalling Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor after more than four years of fighting and rattling Russian officials

Russia has been pressuring its ally Belarus to open a new front against the war with Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday

Russia Pressures Belarus in Bid to Open New Front in Ukraine War

Nearly 60 Ukrainian drones were intercepted heading for Moscow last night, forcing the capital’s airports to briefly suspend its operations during the attack

President Volodymyr Zelensky has given Vladimir Putin’s ally Alexander Lukashenko seven days to dismantle relay equipment on his territory which he alleges helps direct Russian drone strikes to kill and maim Ukrainian people

Ukraine has stepped up by reinforcing fortifications on its northern border, including anti-tank ditches, concrete “dragons’ teeth” obstacles to block armoured vehicles and new areas of barbed wire

Anti-Putin artist shot dead in Poland car park ‘execution’

Leaders urge Donald Trump to stand behind Ukraine and pressure Putin to negotiate; Russia allows sale of substandard fuel amid supply crisis

He made the remarks alongside French president Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in Evian-les-Bains in France for talks with G7 leaders

It comes two days after senior British, French and German diplomats held talks in the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow on prospects for a ceasefire in Ukraine

Tsikhanouskaya warns West against being fooled by Lukashenko

Over four years ago, Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko allowed longtime ally Russia to use his territory to invade Ukraine

Amid rising tensions with Minsk, Ukrainian military commander issued a warning to Aliaksandr Lukashenka and warned him against Belarus' deeper involvement n Russia’s all-out war

Amid rising tensions with Minsk, Ukrainian military commander issued a warning to Aliaksandr Lukashenka and warned him against Belarus' deeper involvement n Russia’s all-out war

As Ukraine steps up long-range attacks on Russian Baltic Sea oil shipping ports, some of its ​drones have missed their targets and led to security warnings in neighbouring countries

Ukraine warns Belarus it has 500 targets if Lukashenko joins war

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has disclosed details of his talks with Belarusian democratic opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who arrived in Kyiv on 25 May

Lukashenko made his remarks during ​joint nuclear exercises with Russia which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin observed via ​a video conference

Europe condemned the drills as provocative and accused Putin of ‘irresponsible’ rhetoric

Russia and Belarus launched joint military exercises on Monday to practice the combat deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, marking the first such drills since Moscow deployed its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system to Belarusian territory

With Belarus sharing borders with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, the warning has triggered fresh anxiety across NATO’s eastern flank

The release includes Polish journalist and activist Andrzej Poczobut, whose case has drawn international attention and concern from European leaders, and signals a potential opening for limited cooperation between Washington and Minsk, even as tensions with Russia remain high and broader disputes persist

Putin Presides Over Downsized Military Parade as Ukraine War Drags On

A Polish court ruled last month in favor of extraditing Butyagin to Ukraine, where he faced up to 10 years in prison for “destroying cultural heritage sites” and causing an estimated 200 million hryvnias ($4.6 million) in damages

NATO warplanes were scrambled to monitor Russian strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea

The Ukrainian president made his remarks, posted on Telegram, in response to what he said was an intelligence report issued by Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi