Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/world/russia-missiles-belarus-airbase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #belarus #missiles
Alex Akselrod
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent Kyiv's defences.
Alex Akselrod
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Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery.
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent Kyiv's defences.
bulll
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Over 120 political prisoners were traded for sanctions against major belarusian state companies Belaruskali. All of them once again got deported (this time most were brought to the border with #Ukraine). For now there is no full list of released... #Belarus #Lukashenko
Gilles DePemig :TwinPines:
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio once again demonstrates he’s either got no clue about what’s going on or intentionally distorting the nature of the #Russia invasion on #Ukraine
They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations.
If it was the case - if Russia was after Donbas from the start, they would just push full force there in 2022, and they would win that with the initial invasion force (200k). But they didn’t - they attacked on all directions, including the capital Kyiv passing through #Belarus and #Chornobyl. The original objective was a flash military coup, replacing the Ukrainian government with puppet regime and political control over the whole country.
Russia never abandoned this goal, which it says explicitly all the time, with the insistence on the “removal of root causes”, which is an euphemism of the above - to say that bluntly, root case being Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's administration released 123 prisoners on Saturday, including former Japanese language teacher Masatoshi Nakanishi and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/14/japan/belarus-releases-prisoners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #belarus #belarusjapanrelations
Over 120 political prisoners were traded for sanctions against major belarusian state companies Belaruskali. All of them once again got deported (this time most were brought to the border with #Ukraine). For now there is no full list of released... #Belarus #Lukashenko
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday urged sports bodies to fully reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into junior competitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/12/12/ioc-russia-belarus-youth-competitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #internationalolympiccommittee #russia #belarus
Nemoudeis
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Statement from Russian-speaking anarchists to Western anarchist initiatives: listen to the Ukrainian comrades!
This text is a collective statement of Russian-speaking anarchist collectives. It should have been published even earlier, but now it’s really the time for a consolidated statement about the war in Ukraine. We do not claim to represent the stance of each and every anarchist from Russia, but the need for a clear position, and contradictions associated with the war in Ukraine lead to the necessity to act as a united movement.
#Europe #Ukraine #Belarus #Russia #anarchy #AutonomousAction
Secretary of State Marco Rubio once again demonstrates he’s either got no clue about what’s going on or intentionally distorting the nature of the #Russia invasion on #Ukraine
They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations.
If it was the case - if Russia was after Donbas from the start, they would just push full force there in 2022, and they would win that with the initial invasion force (200k). But they didn’t - they attacked on all directions, including the capital Kyiv passing through #Belarus and #Chornobyl. The original objective was a flash military coup, replacing the Ukrainian government with puppet regime and political control over the whole country.
Russia never abandoned this goal, which it says explicitly all the time, with the insistence on the “removal of root causes”, which is an euphemism of the above - to say that bluntly, root case being Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Statement from Russian-speaking anarchists to Western anarchist initiatives: listen to the Ukrainian comrades!
This text is a collective statement of Russian-speaking anarchist collectives. It should have been published even earlier, but now it’s really the time for a consolidated statement about the war in Ukraine. We do not claim to represent the stance of each and every anarchist from Russia, but the need for a clear position, and contradictions associated with the war in Ukraine lead to the necessity to act as a united movement.
#Europe #Ukraine #Belarus #Russia #anarchy #AutonomousAction
Two people identified as being responsible for an explosion in Poland on a railway route to Ukraine had collaborated with Russian intelligence, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, adding they had fled to Belarus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/poland-railway-russian-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #railaccidents #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #belarus
Anarchist Black Cross Dresden: **On silencing voices from Eastern Europe at anarchist events in EU**
https://abcdd.org/en/2025/11/08/on-silencing-voices-from-eastern-europe-at-anarchist-events-in-eu/
Over the past few years, quite a few organizations and groups have appeared in the anarchist milieu that actively exclude […]
#News #Ukraine #Belarus #Berlin #Solidarity
Russian and Belarusian skiers and snowboarders will not be allowed to compete in next year's Winter Olympics, after the sport's governing body voted not to allow them into qualification events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/22/winter-olympics-russia-skiing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #russia #belarus #2026milanocortinaolympics
Ukraine reacted with outrage on Saturday after the International Paralympic Committee lifted a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2025/09/28/paralympic-russia-belarus-suspensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #paralympics #russia #belarus #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #internationalparalympiccommittee #2026milanocortinaparalympics
Anarchist Black Cross Dresden: **Against Fatherland – 5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition & events**
https://abcdd.org/en/2025/09/22/against-fatherland-5-years-of-uprising-in-belarus-exhibition-events/
Against Fatherland 5 years of uprising in Belarus – exhibition, guided tours & events 07. until 16. October 2025daily 3-6 […]
#Events #News #Belarus #Exhibition #Repressions #Solidarity
Jonathan Schofield
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On this day 17 September 1939 the #USSR joined #Nazi Third Reich in its attack on #Poland, marking the start of World War 2.[^1]
Many isolated locations in Poland continued defense well until end of September, like Warsaw,[^2] but on 22 September the Nazis and Soviets met in Brest (today’s #Belarus) and concluded the occupation with a friendly handshake.
The Third Reich and Soviet Union remained close allies for the next two years, with the Soviets providing critical logistics back end to the Nazi Germany, supplying it with millions of tons of fuel, steel and other resources[^3] in bypass of international economic sanctions, while Germany continued the conquer of #France and the rest of Europe.
In June 1941 Germany wholeheartedly paid back its ally by sending all the bombs manufactured with Soviet steel back on the Soviet towns during “Operation Barbarossa”, but that’s another story 😏
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_%281939%29
[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)
On this day 17 September 1939 the #USSR joined #Nazi Third Reich in its attack on #Poland, marking the start of World War 2.[^1]
Many isolated locations in Poland continued defense well until end of September, like Warsaw,[^2] but on 22 September the Nazis and Soviets met in Brest (today’s #Belarus) and concluded the occupation with a friendly handshake.
The Third Reich and Soviet Union remained close allies for the next two years, with the Soviets providing critical logistics back end to the Nazi Germany, supplying it with millions of tons of fuel, steel and other resources[^3] in bypass of international economic sanctions, while Germany continued the conquer of #France and the rest of Europe.
In June 1941 Germany wholeheartedly paid back its ally by sending all the bombs manufactured with Soviet steel back on the Soviet towns during “Operation Barbarossa”, but that’s another story 😏
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_%281939%29
[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)