The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

“We will stop at nothing to protect our countries, our state and their peoples”, says Belarus’s president

Alexander Lukashenko claimed, without providing any evidence, that the West is planning to invade Belarus to "destroy it" and that "a third world war with nuclear fires looms on the horizon"

Russian and Belarusian players will be allowed to compete as ‘neutral’ athletes

Change of policy confirmed on grounds of neutrality amid invasion of Ukraine

Athletes from the two countries will have to sign statements of neutrality.

President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Russia, which has already decided to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, could if necessary put intercontinental nuclear missiles there too.

Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed to Belarus along with part of Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that his country intended to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield nuclear weapons in Belarus. The strategic nuclear weapons such…

Aleksei Moskalyov, a Russian father convicted over anti-war comments on social media in a ruling that put his custody of his 13-year-old daughter in jeopardy, was detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, his lawyer said Thursday.

Several governments criticised the IOC’s plan for for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in world sport again.