Putin accuses Poland of planning Belarus attack, warns Russia would respond
Warsaw decided this week to move military units to eastern Poland after members of the Russian Wagner mercenary force arrived in Belarus.
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Putin warns Poland against ‘unleashing aggression’ against Belarus
Russian president reacts angrily after Polish defence minister sends troops to guard eastern borderVladimir Putin has said Russia will use “all means at its disposal” to defend Belarus after Poland and other EU countries voiced concerns about the deplo…
Russia Steps Up Strikes on Ukraine Grain Ports as U.S. Warns of Ship Attacks
A White House official said Moscow might stage an attack on a commercial ship and blame Ukraine.
Wagner Fighters Are Training Troops on the Border With Poland, Belarus Says
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the country’s special operations units were jointly training with Wagner at a military range near the city of Brest.
Belarus Red Cross says it is involved in transfer of children out of Ukraine
Claims from head of organisation spark outrage in Kyiv and from the International Federation of Red and Red Crescent SocietiesSee all our Ukraine coverageThe Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told Belarusian state tele…
Video appears to show Wagner chief for first time since aborted mutiny
Footage released on Telegram is said to show Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing fighters in BelarusRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA video has appeared purporting to show the mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing his fighters in Belarus and ca…
Belarus arrests prominent journalist amid wider crackdown on opposition figures
Ihar Karnei was detained and his apartment raided with police seizing phones and computers, according to his daughter Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist who has previously written for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liber…
Wagner Convoy Arrives at Camp in Belarus
The troop movements are the private company’s biggest — and most public — showing since its failed rebellion in Russia last month.
Putin says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny
President tells newspaper he met mercenary chief to negotiate terms for fighters’ continued participation in Ukraine warVladimir Putin has said that he sought and failed to have Yevgeny Prigozhin replaced as the leader of Wagner’s fighters in Ukraine a…
Wagner Fighters Are Training Forces in Belarus, Defense Ministry Says
Television news footage of a training exercise involving the Russian mercenaries offered a rare, if vague, glimpse of the group after its failed mutiny last month.