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Mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group have started to train Belarusian special forces at a military range just a few miles from the border with NATO-member Poland, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Thursday. Wagner chief …

<!-- -->Russia announced in March that it was deploying tactical nuclear weapons to BelarusMoscow: Russia's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is not time-limited, state news agency TASS quoted a senior Russian diplomat…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and…

<!-- -->The plan for the nuclear deployment was announced by Vladimir Putin on March 25. (File)Moscow: Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday to formalize the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles on…

A fencing World Cup event in Poland has been cancelled by the local federation after the sport's international governing body rejected a proposal to make Russian and Belarusian athletes sign a statement opposing the invasion of Ukraine.The…

Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in…

<!-- -->Together with Moscow, Minsk has also been bolstering the drills with weaponry and military equipment.Dnipro/Kyiv: Russia and Belarus will begin joint air force drills on Monday, which have triggered fears in Kyiv and the West…

<!-- -->Russia and Belarus have agreed to intensify their military cooperation. (File)A Russian foreign ministry official said on Friday that Belarus may enter the conflict in Ukraine if Kyiv decides to "invade" either country.Russia…

<!-- -->Russia and Belarus agreed on reinforcing cooperation "in all areas", Russian president Putin said.Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his country has "no interest" in absorbing Belarus, Moscow's main ally that…