Tag: Belarus

According to the Polish Ministry of the Interior, beginning on 1 June 23, Belarusian and Russian trucks and freight carriers will longer be able to cross the Polish border. The announcement reads below: "...from midnight on June 1 (Thursday) until further notice, the border traffic of goods at border crossings...

Belarusian President Lukashenko has told Belarusian state owned media that he welcomes the reintroduction of strategic nuclear weapons back into Belarus and has ordered the military to restore Topol-M nuclear missile launch sites to prepare for transfer from the Russian Federation. In his address to the Belarusian people and the...

According to Russian state-owned media, the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces will be transferring tactical nuclear weapons for basing and storage inside Belarus at a specially built facility by July 1st: “Russia will finish building a special storage facility for tactical weapons in Belarus on July 1, Putin continued. Russia is...

Belarusian President Lukashenko and Russian Federation President Putin are set to meet on February 17th in Russia. According to Russian state-owned media: "As for arrangements for tomorrow’s meeting between the two presidents, Putin and Lukashenko, yes, I can confirm that such a meeting is being prepared," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov...

At approximately 0330 EST, reports began to emerge of increased Russian aviation activity at two Belarusian airfields. Three MiG-31K aircraft were spotted departing Machulishchy airfield at approximately 0400 EST. They conducted flight operations with a Russian A-50U Air Control Intercept and Long Range Radar Aircraft, also stationed in Belarus....

On October 16th, 2022, this publication reported that the Russian Federation had sent a detachment of MiG-31K fighters and about 9,000 ground troops to establish a new grouping of forces in the former Soviet-bloc nation. Today, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced that joint air drills between Russia and Belarus...