The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

Scoreboard notice designed to stop boos as Ukrainian star not meeting Belarusian opponent at the net

Over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, according to the Polish prime minister.

Fencer Olha Kharlan became the first athlete to represent Ukraine in competition against a Russian/Belarusian since Russia's invasion last year. Kharlan outclassed her opponent, Anna Smirnova, and refused to acknowledge or shake her hand at the end. Kharlan was cheered on by around 20 members of the Ukrainian delegation chanting…

Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern Europe

A prominent journalist in Belarus has been sentenced to six years in prison, the latest step in a years-long crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has not formally invited Russia and Belarus, to participate in the Paris Olympics, but has left the door open for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals

The president of the International Olympic Committee has formally invited the world’s nations but not Russia or its military ally Belarus to gather in one year in Paris for the 2024 Games

Fighters from the group are training Belarusian troops near the border with Nato member Poland

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko reportedly remarked – suppposedly in a joking tone – during a recent meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg that Wagner mercenaries are eager to move into Poland.