The Latest Breaking News from Belarus

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says prisoners who have real combat experience will be released from jail and will be able to "compensate for their guilt in the hottest spots of war".

With Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, some four dozen athletes from Ukraine and elsewhere sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarussian Olympic and Paralympic Committees

Protesters took to the streets as Belarus held a referendum on Sunday to adopt a new constitution that would ditch its non-nuclear status at a time when the country has become a launchpad for Russian troops invading Ukraine.

The move comes as tensions heighten between Russia and the west

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to talks with a Russian delegation on the border with Belarus.

Ukraine said on Sunday it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus -- near the Chernobyl exclusion zone -- after a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko.

The Ukrainian president has said Ukraine and Russian delegations will meet for negotiations at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

A diplomatic meeting is to take place in an unspecified location on the Ukraine-Belarus border

Deterrence order given as Zelenskiy says Ukraine delegation will meet Russian officials at Belarus border