Russian invasion of Ukraine
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“They put a gun to his head and said that he was done for”
Illia Verameyeu, an 18-year-old Belarusian, was sentenced to 6.5 years of imprisonment for his anti-war stance. His sister Yana tells the political prisoner's story to the Viasna Human Rights Center.
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Explosions on railway block military transport from Russia to Belarus
On the evening of October 23, news surfaced about explosions on a section of the Russian railway track located about 20 kilometers from the Belarusian border. Railway tracks were damaged,…
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls on Ukraine’s President Zelensky to cooperate with democratic Belarus
"We are proposing to build an alliance with democratic Belarus to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. The United Transitional Cabinet is ready to commence cooperation with Ukraine and establish diplomatic…
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians not to take part in war against Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke about the role of Belarusians in military operations in Ukraine: "No Belarusian must die for Putin's ambitions and Lukashenko's mistakes."
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Volodymyr Zelensky wears vyshyvanka shirt designed by Belarusian artist
On the eve of the important Ukrainian national holidays, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky recorded another daily address to his people wearing a "vyzhyvanka" – a khaki-colored vyshyvanka shirt with the…
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300 European parliamentarians take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
Britta Hasselmann, a member of the German Bundestag, has become the 300th symbolic "godmother" of a political prisoner in Belarus. Three hundred "godparents" from 17 European countries illustrate the unwavering…
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Singer detained in Minsk after performing Ukrainian song
Minsk singer Meriem Herasimenka was detained after a street concert where she had performed a song by a Ukrainian band.
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US military analyst: Participation of Belarus in Russia-Ukraine war is unlikely
A military analyst at the US-based Institute for War Studies (ISW) considers Belarus' participation in Russia's war against Ukraine unlikely due to the small number of its combat groups and…
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White-red-white flags in Kyiv in memory of fallen Belarusian combatants
National Belarusian flags with the names of Belarusian fighters who had died in the war appeared on the Independence Square in Kyiv.
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Six Belarusian combatants died fighting for Ukraine
Six Belarusian fighters have died fighting for the liberation of Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Belarusians are fighting both as part of the separate Kastus Kalinouski Battalion…