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Mercenaries launched joint drills with Belarusian military near the border with Poland, a move that prompted Warsaw to redeploy its troops.

Alexander Lukashenko, the despotic president of Belarus, said on Thursday that Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia.

Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus after his failed rebellion against the Kremlin, Alexander Lukashenko said.

The whereabouts of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remained a mystery Tuesday after Russia’s Putin vowed punishment.

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday morning issued his first statement since his aborted insurrection over the weekend.

The prominent players in Russia’s drama remain elusive days later, with even new videos being of unclear origin.

The exile of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus could be a smokescreen for a surprise attack on Ukraine, a former UK army chief warned.

Under the deal announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prigozhin will go to Belarus, and charges against him will be dropped.

Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko claims he struck a deal with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to stop the group’s march on Moscow.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko announced on Wednesday that his country has begun receiving Russian tactical nuclear weapons and “everything is ready” for their deployment.

Lukashenko said he didn’t want “a single bastard… set foot on Belarusian soil” and that if they did, “the response will be immediate”. 

There could be “nuclear weapons for everyone” who wants to join the Union between Russia and Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko said.

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk was met with loud boos at a match in France for refusing to shake the hand of opponent from Belarus.

Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday formalizing the procedure for deploying Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory.

An object believed to be a spy balloon entered Polish airspace from Belarus and flew over the country for several hours before disappearing.

Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, widely considered the worst event of its kind in human history, on Wednesday, condemning Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country and accusing it of using nuclear threats to “blackmail” the world.

Ukraine has barred its national sports teams from competing at international events which include athletes from Russia and Belarus.

Belarus shares a 1,250-kilometer (778-mile) border with NATO members Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Russia again attempts to threaten NATO, claiming nuclear-capable missiles and jets now in Belarus, bordering Poland and Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus

(AP) – After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyze the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine.

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for treason after declaring herself president.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day state visit. Lukashenko endorsed China’s nebulous “peace plan” for Ukraine during a meeting with fellow dictator Xi Jinping, shoring up the rising China-dominated axis of authoritarianism.

Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day trip in which he will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

(AFP) – A fresh barrage of Russian missiles battered Ukraine on Thursday, wounding at least five people including a teenager and cutting electricity in the west.

Lithuania has completed a fence along the border with Belarus and a surveillance system to monitor for illegals.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin used the occasion of Security Agency Worker’s Day, a Russian holiday to honor spies and intelligence agents, on Tuesday to urge them to focus on the threats of “traitors” at home.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Belarus in more than three years on Monday, using one of his few journeys outside Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine invasion to shore up his relationship with Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko and pressure Belarus to pour its own troops into the Ukrainian quagmire.

Any prospect of Russia’s athletes returning to the international spotlight at the 2024 Summer Olympics was flatly rejected Wednesday by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Poland reported a surge in illegals crossing from Belarus, apparently taking advantage of the new surveillance systems not working yet.

Russia could be looking to mount a “hybrid attack” in the form of starting another migrant crisis into Europe, Poland’s deputy prime minister has claimed.

Authorities in Belarus added 625 people, most of them with political opposition ties, to an official list of alleged “extremists” Friday.

A leading Belarusian political activist has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for opposing President Alexander Lukashenko´s regime.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he has order troops to join Russian forces in a deployment near the border of Ukraine.

There are fears Belarus may be looking for an excuse to formally join the war on Ukraine after it accused Kyiv of planning to attack them.