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Russia begins three days of nuclear drills

Russia has commenced a three-day nuclear weapons exercise across its territory. The drills involve over 65,000 soldiers and extensive military equipment. This exercise includes missile launches and participation from aircraft, ships, and submarines. The drills also extend to joint training with Belarus. President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit China…

The Economic Times

US warns Russia after Moscow threatens Latvia – as it happened

Latvia’s UN representative says she has little time for Russia’s ‘pure fiction and pure lies’ as row over drones escalates

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin arrives in China with ‘serious expectations’ for Xi summit

'Old friends' Xi and Putin to meet over tea, enjoy a banquet and sign a series of bilateral commitments

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Ukraine war briefing: Chinese ship hit on way in to Odesa port, says Zelenskyy

Civilian vessels under Russian attack in Black Sea; Kyiv condemns Belarus nuclear drills as threat to Nato and global security. What we know on day 1,546

The Guardian - AU

Belarus stages nuclear drills with Russia as Kyiv warns of new offensive

Russia and Belarus conducted joint nuclear exercises on Monday as Kyiv warned Moscow was preparing a new offensive from Belarusian territory against Ukraine or NATO.

Euronews

Belarus launches joint drills with Russia to practice nuclear weapons use

Belarus says it has launched joint drills with Russia to practice the use of nuclear weapons that Moscow has deployed on the territory of its neighbor and ally

The Independent UK

Ukraine and Russia swap 205 prisoners of war each in US-brokered exchange

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram most of the Ukrainians handed over had been in Russian captivity since 2022.

Euronews

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IOC lifts Olympic ban on Belarus' athletes but Russians still barred from competiton

The IOC executive board released a statement saying that it "no longer recommends any restrictions on the participation of Belarusian athletes, including teams."

Euronews

Kasperky warns popular Daemon Tools app backdoored by hackers to target specific victims

A two-stage process targets government, science, and retail in Russia, Belarus, and Thailand.

TechRadar

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky meets Starmer as UK to enter talks to join £78bn EU loan scheme for Kyiv

Zelensky says Ukraine's military successfully hit Russia's Primorsk ⁠port

The Independent UK

40 years later, Russia is still silencing the voices of Chernobyl

In June 2018 I had the opportunity to visit Minsk, the capital of Belarus. In a large bookshop in the city centre – beneath the inquisitorial gaze of the ever-present portraits of the dictator Alexander Lukashenko – I asked the bookseller for one of the volumes of Svetlana Alexievich’s collected…

The Conversation

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated

The Guardian - UK

Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from Belarusian jail, officials say

Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.

Euronews

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world’s biggest festival of art

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"SIM-Farm-as-a-Service": How a Belarus-based network hijacked UK and US telcos to enable global fraud

Investigation maps 94 SIM farm deployments connected to 35 mobile carriers including major UK and US networks.

The Conversation

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens.

Euronews

UN experts warn of 'deeply alarming detention practices' in Belarus' prison system

There are more than 1,100 political prisoners in Belarusian jails, many arrested after a disputed 2020 election that triggered widespread protests.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Russia seeking to bring Belarus back into the war, says Zelenskyy

Building of artillery positions and roads suggest fresh military efforts likely from the north, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,515

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The Independent UK

Afghan migrants in Poland fear forced deportations as asylum applications remain suspended

Afghan migrants in Poland face forced deportations and fear for their lives at the hands of the Taliban-run government back home

The Independent UK

Russia to compensate athletes unable to compete at Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics

13 Russian and Belarusian athletes passed an IOC vetting process to compete at Milano-Cortina

Euronews

Poland's border with Belarus sees decrease in illegal immigration attempts by 96%

The Polish government has announced a significant decrease in the number of attempts to illegally cross the border with Belarus, pointing to the effectiveness of its migration policy and the reinforced activities of its services.

Euronews

Belarus passes bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights echoing similar law in Russia

Belarus decriminalised homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it doesn’t recognise same-sex marriages and lacks protection for LGBTQ+ rights.

The Independent UK

Belarusian parliament passes a bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights

The Belarus parliament has passed a bill to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of similar laws that have been set up in neighboring ally Russia

Evening Standard

Trump's praise of 'Europe's last dictator' is an 'insult'

Praise of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by Donald Trump is ‘an insult’ the head of a British freedom of speech group said

Euronews

'Talk to Lukashenka or face Putin,' freed Belarus activist warns EU

After almost five and a half years in prison, Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has a clear warning for Europe, as she sees Belarus increasingly under Russian influence.

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