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Russia eyes Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ after fall of Chasiv Yar

Ukraine’s woes mount with a deadly assault on Kyiv, capture of an eastern city and difficult battle in the north.

Al Jazeera

Putin threatens Ukraine and Europe with hypersonic missile deployment in Belarus

Russia first used the Oreshnik against Ukraine in November, when it fired the experimental weapon at a factory in Dnipro that built missiles when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.

Euronews

Putin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine

Russian president’s remarks come as Kyiv rescuers find more than a dozen dead in apartment block after strikes

The Guardian - UK

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Putin says Russia's hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missile

The Independent UK

Cyberattack on Russian airline Aeroflot causes the cancellation of more than 100 flights

Prosecutors in Russia say that a cyberattack on state-owned flagship carrier Aeroflot caused a mass outage to the company’s computer systems

The Independent UK

Authorities in Belarus continue crackdown on dissent, rights group Viasna says

Mass arrests and convictions of government critics in Belarus have continued since 2020, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was handed a sixth term in office in an election that the opposition and the West denounced as rigged.

Euronews

Belarus keeps up crackdown on dissent even as authorities free some prisoners, rights group says

Authorities in Belarus continue their crackdown on dissent even as they release some of the prisoners

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Emaciated after 5 years in prison, Belarusian dissident Tsikhanouski vows to fight on

Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsihanouski says he was held in solitary confinement, in conditions similar to torture, during five years in prison

The Independent UK

Freed Belarus Opposition Figure Urges Trump To Help Release All Prisoners

Belarus opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was released following an appeal from the White House, said Sunday that US President Donald Trump could secure the freedom of all Belarusian political prisoners.

International Business Times

Ukraine war briefing: Russia repatriated at least 20 of its own dead soldiers in recent exchanges, Zelenskyy says

‘Sometimes these bodies even have Russian passports’, says Zelenskyy, condemning Moscow’s disorganisation in swapping of PoWs and troops’ remains. What we know on day 1,215

The Guardian - AU

Starmer welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader’s husband

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Evening Standard

Belarus Opposition Leader Freed From Jail After US Mediation

Belarus's top jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday in a surprise release hailed as a "symbol of hope".

International Business Times

Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed from jail, says wife

Tsikhanousk’s arrest and activism sparked unprecedented protests in Belarus, challenging Lukashenko’s decades-long rule.

Al Jazeera

‘My husband is free!’ Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail

Syarhei Tsikhanouski arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by Lukashenko

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Panicking Putin begs Belarus for potatoes, delays promised ‘unstoppable’ missiles

Russia has needed potatoes for some time.

The Independent UK

Belarus opens case against an 78-year-old activist who became a symbol of the pro-democracy movement

Authorities in Belarus have opened a criminal case against the 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy protests in 2020

The Independent UK

An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko

Euronews

NGOs criticise Polish asylum law amid 'dire' conditions at Belarus border

Poland's suspension of asylum rights for migrants at the Belarus border has drawn criticism from human rights groups, who fear worsening humanitarian conditions.

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,126

These are the key developments on day 1,126 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Euronews

Lukashenko sworn in again as Belarus' president, tells critics 'You have no future'

Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January as a farce.

Euronews

Belarus sentences Japanese man to 7 years in jail for espionage

Masatoshi Nakanishi was accused of taking photos of military facilities near Belarus' border with Ukraine and sharing them with Japanese intelligence.

Al Jazeera

What are Putin’s conditions for a ceasefire in Ukraine?

As Zelenskyy accused Putin of preparing to reject the ceasefire, Trump deemed Putin’s words ‘promising but incomplete’.

Radio France Internationale

Putin’s reaction to Ukraine ceasefire proposals deepen G7 rifts over US strategy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautiously welcomed the United States' ceasefire proposal for Ukraine, but his insistence on addressing key Russian demands before halting hostilities casts doubt on the likelihood of a swift agreement. This as G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada struggle to unify their stance on Washington’s evolving…

The Conversation

Putin mulls over US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal – but the initial signs aren’t positive

While Donald Trump’s special envoy was en route to Moscow to talk about a possible ceasefire deal with his opposite numbers in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin enjoyed a meet-up with his old friend Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and the atmosphere was reportedly congenial.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,114

These are the key developments on day 1,114 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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