The Oreshnik system was revealed in late 2024. It derives from Russia's previous RS-26 Rubezh system and is capable of hitting hypersonic speeds of Mach 10, according to the BBC. The information about ...

A serviceman takes part in the "Zapad-2025" (West-2025) joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, east of the capital Minsk, on September 15, 2025.

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 - The European Union on Monday broadened its sanctions on Belarus' regime to include ‍actions seen to undermine democracy, ‍the rule of law, and the overall security in member states.

The global potash market — and key producers of the fertilizer — largely shrugged off a US decision to lift sanctions on one of the world’s major suppliers, showing obstacles to flows are likely to ...

The European Union has expanded the scope of its sanctions regime against Belarus to cover hybrid unfriendly actions by Belarus against its European neighbours. Source: press service for the Council ...

Today, the Council introduced a new criterion for the listing of individuals, entities and bodies benefiting from, involved in or facilitating actions or policies attributable to the Republic of ...

The U.S. will remove sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, the key source of foreign-currency revenue for the Russia-aligned nation before Western restrictions stifled their flow, Bloomberg ...

Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That's when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates of cheap cigarettes dangling beneath. Over the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An unseen person taking a photo of Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after being released from prison in Belarus on Dec. 13, 2025. (Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment ...