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A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
 US President Donald Trump meets United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2025.

UAE, Belarus, Bahrain join Trump's Board of Peace alongside US rivals China, Russia

Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.

Russia deploys nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in Belarus amid rising tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian interim president at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025.

Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find


Lukashenko denies Russia pushing Belarus to enter war with Ukraine

Lukashenko also said he believed Russia had already achieved its goals in what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine, and said the two sides should sit at the negotiating table.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko outside Moscow

Ukraine ploughs funding into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus

Belarus, the Kremlin's closest ally, initially supported the Russian invasion, opening its borders to Russian troops marching on Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

 The Ukrainian border guard patrols the international border with Belarus.

Poland plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

"We move the army closer to the border with Belarus to scare away the aggressor so that it does not dare to attack us," Blaszczak said.

 Polish soldier squats ahead of a press conference, a week before the National Army Day Parade, at Wesola military base in Warsaw, Poland, August 8, 2023.

Monument to Shimon Peres erected in Belarus on his 100th birthday

The monument stands in the courtyard of the house where Shimon Peres was born in his hometown of Vishnyeva, Belarus.

 Shimon Peres in 1996.

Lukashenko taunts Poland again over Wagner troops near border

"I have to teach my military, because an army that does not fight is half an army," Lukashenko stated.

 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to journalists during his visit to a military-industrial complex facility in the Minsk Region, Belarus June 13, 2023.

More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says

This month, Poland began moving more than 1,000 troops to the east of the country amid rising concerns that the presence of Wagner fighters in Belarus could lead to increased tension on its border.

 Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023

Putin hosts Belarus leader, calls Ukraine's counter-offensive a failure

Lukashenko has not committed his small army to join Russia's war, but the risk of a new attack from Belarusian soil compels Ukraine to protect its northern border.

 UKRAINIAN TROOPS fire on Russian forces, near a front line in Donetsk region, this week. The economy is receding globally due to the impact of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war.

Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia

Russia has in recent weeks begun stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus for the first time.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia, July 21, 2023.

Military drone crashes in southwestern Poland - RMF

"Information obtained shows that during a training flight by US soldiers, contact with the drone was lost and it then fell into a forest area," the defense ministry wrote.

Parts of a Russian suicide drone are seen at a compound of a tobacco factory damaged during a strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 28, 2023.

Poland to move soldiers to east of country due to Wagner risks

"Training or joint exercises of the Belarusian army and the Wagner Group is undoubtedly a provocation," Zbigniew Hoffmann told PAP.

Russian service members move into positions, as part of a counter-terrorist operation declared after an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group, in the Moscow region, Russia, June 24, 2023. A sign on a bus reads: "Children".