A Minsk city court has sentenced 12 individuals involved in the Machulishchy military airfield explosions that damaged a Russian A-50 airborne warning and control system aircraft last March. According to Belarus's General Prosecutor’s Office, sentences range from 2 years and 3 months to 25 years of imprisonment. The human rights group Viasna notes that most defendants received verdicts in absentia but did not specify whom. The trial was conducted in closed sessions.

Charges against ten of the …

In a surprising turn, self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has offered Ukraine assistance in its post-war reconstruction efforts. The Belarusian dictator, who previously supported Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has now extended what many see as a controversial olive branch to Kyiv.

The declaration by Lukashenko was reported on October 4 by the state-controlled agency BELTA.

Lukashenko, who was complicit with Russia during the initial phase of the conflict, has …

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has expressed a desire to reestablish relations with Russia after the conflict in Ukraine concludes. According to reports from Spravy, Fico emphasized the necessity of economic restoration and normalized diplomacy with Russia, highlighting the mutual need between the European Union and the Russian Federation.

Fico affirmed, “If the war ends during this government’s mandate, I will do everything possible to restore economic and normal relations with the …