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Exclusive-India could buy potash from Belarus in rupees as sanctions hit Minsk-sources

India plans to buy 1 million tonnes of potash from Belarus in the first such bilateral deal between the two countries after sanctions crippled Minsk's ability to sell the crop nutrient, two Indian officials involved in the discussions told Reuters.

Reuters

Kremlin says supplying Belarus potash via Russian ports is being discussed

Moscow is discussing the possibility of supplying Belarusian potash via Russian ports, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Belarus diverts potash supplies from Lithuania to Russia, says PM

Belarus has diverted potash shipments from Lithuania's Klaipeda port to Russian ports after Vilnius decided to halt the use of its railway for Belarus exports of the commodity, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said on Tuesday.

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Thousands of elite Russian special forces including assassins on way to Ukraine border

The Kremlin has sent the 14th Spetsnaz Brigade - which is made up of 2,000 crack assassins, sabotage experts and covert operatives - to Ukraine’s northern neighbour Belarus

Daily Mirror

Latest Ukraine updates: UK PM warns of ‘clear danger’ to Ukraine

Ukraine news from February 1: Johnson and Zelenskyy meet in Kyiv amid flurry of diplomatic activity over Ukraine crisis.

Al Jazeera

US State Dept issues advisory for Belarus, orders diplomats' families to leave amid border tensions

The United States Department of State (DOS) has issued a Level Four, do not travel, advisory for Belarus on Monday ordering family members of US diplomats to depart Belarus amid Russian military buildup along Belarus border with Ukraine.

Dynamite News

State Department orders diplomats' families to leave Belarus over Russian military buildup

U.S. officials have warned Russia may attack Ukraine from Belarus territory.

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Moscow warns Ukraine may ‘destroy itself’ as Russia and US clash at UN

At a UNSC meeting, Russian diplomat Vasily Nebenzya claimed Ukraine’s violation of the Minsk pact could end in ‘worst way’

The Guardian - US

White House Says Russia Surging Troops Near Ukraine, Including in Belarus

Russia has sent 5,000 troops into Belarus "with plans for more in coming weeks," the White House said on Monday outlining what it said was the ongoing threat Moscow posed to Ukraine. "We feel its important to be open and candid about the threat from Russia," White House spokeswoman Jen…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Poland pledges to send weapons to Ukraine

Warsaw says arms can be delivered ‘within days’

The Independent UK

British expats plan to flee Ukraine amid fears Russia will invade country in days

Ken Stewart, 54, originally from Edinburgh, faces a particularly nail-biting few days as his Ukrainian wife Tetiana, 36, is giving birth. She is due soon and will recover in a private hospital

Daily Mirror

Lithuanian railways halts transport of Belarus potash

The board of state-owned Lithuanian Railways on Monday voted to stop transporting potash produced by Belarus state-owned potash producer Belaruskali unless it gets government approval to resume, the rail company said in a statement.

Reuters

Ryanair calls on Belarus to guarantee no repeat of plane diversion

The Irish airline Ryanair on Monday urged Belarus to guarantee that there would be no repeat of the forced landing of one of its flights last May, and said airlines should not fly over Belarus without such a guarantee.

Reuters

Ukraine crisis: Russian tanks surge to border as live-fire drills held near Ireland

Russian soldiers and tanks have been gathering in the Belarussian town of Kalinkavichy, which sits over the border from Kyiv and could be a launch point for an invasion

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On Ukraine front line as nervous troops waiting for war exchange shots and mortar rounds

After months of tension, Ukrainian troops know they could face a tsunami of armoured violence as Europe tips towards bloody conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin is keeping the world guessing

Reuters

U.S. asks U.N. Security Council to meet on Russia, Ukraine

The United States has asked that the United Nations Security Council meet publicly on Monday to discuss Russia's "threatening behavior" against Ukraine and its troop build-up on Ukraine's borders and in Belarus, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Belarus leader tells opposition leaders: 'Repent and kneel'

Belarus’ authoritarian leader has advised exiled opposition activists to “come home, repent and kneel,” while repeating a vague promise to step down if the people “make the decision” for him

Irish Mirror

UN declare bomb threat on Ryanair flight 'deliberately false'

The warning led to the aircraft being rerouted to Belarus, where journalist Roman Protasevitch and his partner Sofia Sapega were arrested

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Macron reaffirms solidarity with Ukraine in call with Ukraine's leader

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed France’s solidarity with Ukraine in a phone call Friday with President Volodymyr Zelensky amid tensions between Moscow and Kyiv. In an earlier phone call, Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need to “de-escalate" the situation. Follow Friday's events as they happened in…

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy urges no ‘panic’ over tensions

Latest Ukraine news from January 28: President calls on the West to avoid creating ‘panic’ as Russia tensions simmer.

Reuters

War only possible if Belarus or Russia attacked, says Lukashenko

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Minsk had absolutely no interest in a war and that conflict would only break out if Belarus or its close ally Russia were directly attacked.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin intensifies war games as West refuses to ban Ukraine from joining NATO

Video footage shows thousands of military tanks and missiles arriving in Belarus for combat drills sparking fears of an invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Poland starts building wall through protected forest at Belarus border

Barrier will stretch for almost half the length of the border and cost 10 times migration department’s budget

The Independent UK

Poland starts building metal wall on border with Belarus

Construction workers with heavy machinery are digging on Poland's border with Belarus as work has started on a wall intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory

Al Jazeera

Ukraine crisis: From Belarus to Japan, where do countries stand?

A look at how world powers are responding to the rapidly escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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