The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

Thousands of Ukrainian children forcefully taken to Belarus via Russia, study finds

Yale University study finds Russia and Belarus ‘have been working together to coordinate and fund the movement of children’

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Belarus linked to forcible transfer of Ukrainian children: Study

Yale researchers say more than 2,400 children have been deported from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Nov 17, 2023

Activist hands ICC evidence he says implicates Belarus president in transfer of Ukrainian children

An exiled Belarus activist has presented a second dossier of evidence to the International Criminal Court that he says proves the personal involvement of President Alexander Lukashenko in the illegal transfer of children to Belarus from Russian-occupied towns in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Russia to ease investment for ‘friendly’ countries

Favoured countries include China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Kyiv says it ‘successfully’ hit Russia’s air defence system in Crimea overnight

Russian sources say attack caused using ‘combined’ weapons like ATACMS, Storm Shadow missiles and sea drones

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Trade sanctions against Russia extended for two years

Goods from Russia or Belarus entering Australia will be slapped with extra trade sanctions for two more years due to the invasion of Ukraine.

AAP · Oct 17, 2023

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter chief over the deportation of Ukrainian children

The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Beatings, dog bites, and barbed wire: life and death on the Poland-Belarus border

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections

The NATO and EU member borders Belarus, the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and Ukraine — plus a strip of land connecting it to Lithuania. It is an unstable and volatile mix of frontiers.

WEKU · Oct 2, 2023