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Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has supported its eastern neighbour in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Before the start of the offensive, Belarus allowed the Russian Armed Forces to perform weeks-long military drills on its territory; however, the Russian troops did not exit the country after they were supposed to finish.
Belarus sent military reinforcements to its border with Ukraine Saturday after it said several Ukrainian drones crossed its airspace and were intercepted by the country’s air defenses on Friday ...
Russia planning ‘false flag’ attack in Belarus, Ukraine warns. ... more than 58,000 Belarusian citizens and 16,000 Russian citizens are currently residing in Lithuania. Ukrainian mother who ...
Ukraine admitted only indirectly to the attack months later. No traffic currently using Crimean bridge ... was spotted entering Belarus from Russia yesterday, Ukrainian and Polish officials said ...
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In June 2024, Nikolai Shvets, a Ukrainian national, detained by Belarusian security forces for the attack in Machulishchy, was released as part of an exchange between Russia and Ukraine. [ 22 ] On 4 October 2024, a court convicted 12 people, seven of them in absentia (including Azarau and Shvets), over their role in the attack and sentenced ...
Nevertheless, Ukraine has other means, notably missiles and drones, with which it could strike targets in Belarus, including Russian targets; it has done so sporadically since the war began.
On 16 February 2024, a group of alleged Belarusian and Ukrainian saboteurs in possession of explosives were detained after crossing into Belarus from Ukraine. In a speech responding to the incident, Lukashenko said that the country was regularly stopping attempted incursions by these kinds of armed groups, around "two or three times a week". [18]