Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms as he oversaw massive Moscow-led military drills that rattled some EU countries. Sporting ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Belarus will hold joint military drills in February, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday, amid soaring tensions between East and West over Ukraine.

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms as he oversaw massive Moscow-led military drills that rattled some EU countries. Sporting ...

President Alexander Lukashenko recounted being shot at during his first election, and set out plans for his eventual departure amid worsening protests in Belarus, sparked by the death of an opposition activist. The long-time leader told journalists on Friday that he will eventually stand down in favor of a democratically elected successor.

President Alexander Lukashenko, for his part, appeared in military uniforms and even an assault rifle in his hand as he visited the security forces. According to Ryhor Nizhnikau, a senior researcher at the Foreign Policy Institute, Lukashenko's gesture is by no means a sign of despair, but this is much more confident than it was just over a ...

Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has used the years of partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the country, and the eventual victory by the Red Army, as the basis ...

Earlier that day, President Lukashenko gave a speech dressed in full military uniform warning his opponents not to harbor dreams of "color revolutions" that swept other ex-Soviet-states, referring to Georgia and …

The streets of Minsk turned red and white as a flood of demonstrators carried flags symbolising their opposition to Lukashenko and chanted for him to leave power and for new elections to be held. They marched towards a monument that was surrounded by a chain of security service members clad in military uniform, a Reuters witness said.

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms as he oversaw massive Moscow-led military drills that rattled some EU countries. Sporting green military uniform at a test range near the city of Baranovichi in western Belarus, the strongman praised Russian and Belarusian troops for their ...

Dressed in military uniform and surrounded by generals, Lukashenko said it was unacceptable for Belarus to even think about cancelling the parade. "There will be people who will condemn us," Lukashenko said. …

President Alexander Lukashenko's comment followed the publication of a draft agreement between Russia and Belarus that envisages the deployment of up to 200 Belarusian military personnel to Syria.

Lukashenko appeared in a military uniform during public appearances on August 22, likely to signal a new phase of his response.

Russia and Belarus will hold joint military drills in February, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday, amid soaring tensions between East and West over Ukraine. Russia, a close ally of Belarus, has worried the West and Kyiv with a troop build-up near Ukraine's borders and a barrage of threatening rhetoric, stirring fears that it plans to invade.

Dressed in military uniform and surrounded by generals, Lukashenko said it was unacceptable for Belarus to even think about cancelling the parade. "There will be people who will condemn us ...

An image published by Belta showed Lukashenko in green military uniform watching the drills at Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground. Lukashenko also said Belarus planned to buy Russian arms worth more...

Moscow: Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms as he oversaw massive Moscow-led military drills that rattled some EU countries.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ... on measures by the Navy and the Aerospace Force to protect Russia's national interests in the World Ocean and counter military threats to Russia ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko announced Monday that his army will conduct military exercises next month with Russian forces and criticised what he said was NATO's growing presence in ...

A year long civil war ensued, where violence filled the streets of Minsk between pro Lukashenko and military forces, and violent militia groups. But ultimately it was in vain. The Military forces overpowered the insurgency. and using the failed state as a justification, Lukashenko took absolute control of the nation, imposing nothing short of a ...

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of Belarus's capital Minsk on Sunday as the army warned that it, not the police, would respond to unrest near the city's national ...

The interior minister of Belarus has raised eyebrows by turning up at a World War Two commemorative parade in the distinctive tunic of Stalin's secret police. President Alexander Lukashenko and...

September 13, 2021. Moscow: Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms as he oversaw massive Moscow-led military drills that rattled ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reviewed on Sunday large joint military drills with Russia and said his country planned to buy more than $1 billion worth of arms from Moscow. The live fire drills are the culmination of the "Zapad-2021" war games, and will run until next Thursday on Russia's and Belarus's western flanks. Close ties between ex-Soviet …

August 23, 2020 - Press ISW. 10:00 am EDT: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is likely preparing to suppress protests in Minsk by force. Lukashenko appeared in a military uniform during public appearances on August 22, likely to signal a new phase of his response. The Belarusian Ministry of Defense released a statement on Telegram the ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reviewed on Sunday large joint military drills with Russia and said his country planned to buy more than $1 billion worth of …

MOSCOW – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reviewed on Sunday large joint military drills with Russia and said his country planned to buy more than $1 billion worth of arms from Moscow.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko appeared at a meeting in the Ministry of Defense of the Country Defense in military uniforms with non-standard patterns – they are placed on them not stars, like all servicemen, but coat of arms. Video from the meeting was published in the Telegram-channel "Pool of the First".

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is the leading politician of the present-day Belarus. Mundane coverage of Lukashenko's daily activities normally dominates the …