The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

Group says it used drones to hit early warning aircraft at Machulishchy airfield 12km from Minsk

The aircraft, worth £274 million, was hit in an attack by Belarus partisans supporting Ukraine.

Belarusian anti-government activists said they had blown up a sophisticated Russian military surveillance aircraft in a drone attack at an airfield near the Belarusian capital Minsk, a claim that neither Russia nor Belarus confirmed.

China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week

The cargo trapped for months at the Dutch port of Rotterdam was so precious that the United Nations intervened to mediate its release. The World Food Programme chartered a ship to transport it to Mozambique, from where it’s being taken by truck through the interior to its end destination, Malawi.

China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week

Belarus Free Theatre currently face years in prison if they return home. Now living in exile, they’re bringing their show Dogs of Europe to Australia

Belarus, a small Russian ally bordering Ukraine, has as many as 1.5 million potential military personnel outside its armed forces, a senior official was quoted as saying on Saturday. President Alexander Lukashenko has supported his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in his year-long war with Ukraine, including by letting him invade…

French president’s announcement comes after China published a 12-point position paper calling for a truce in Ukraine.