The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

As the war enters its 541st day, these are the main developments.

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Thursday visited Belarus and said his country would increase military cooperation with Russia’s neighbor, where Moscow is deploying tactical nuclear weapons

Lithuania has decided to temporarily close two of its six checkpoints with Belarus this week amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia

Russia routinely places the blame for these increasingly frequent cross-border incursions on Kyiv

Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with pro-Russian Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the neighbors ratchet up

Beijing says visit underscores drive by China and Russia to align foreign policies to undermine West-led world order.

Poland's government says it wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support or want dismantled a recently-built border wall to prevent massive unauthorized migration from Belarus

Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said Monday that the Ukrainian military pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country. The news came as President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to troops near the eastern front. Follow our live blog for…

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations which the West has sought to isolate over the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Inspired by the work of Nobel-winning Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich, this is a disturbing but blackly funny piece

Belarus may be funding the activities of the Wagner mercenary group, British defence chiefs claim.