7 month agoDemonstration continues at Okrestino jail in Minsk
7 month agoBipartisan statement from @HASCDemocrats and @HASCRepublicans pushing back potential pardon for Edward Snowden
The top Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services Committee on a potential pardon of Edward Snowden: "It would be a serious mistake to pardon anyone who is charged under the Espionage Act, who admits to leaking sensitive information and who has spent years since then as a guest of the Putin regime"
7 month agoProtesters marching to Okrestina jail in Minsk
7 month agoNorway police arrest citizen suspected of spying for Russia
7 month agoThousands marching from a detention center to the Okrestina jail
Grodno state television is broadcasting live from the protest in the city center. Belarus State media usually ignored mass protests and rallies of the opposition.
The buildup of the American military presence in Poland exacerbates the already difficult situation along the western borders of Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Police detained approximately 70 to 90 people who protested limestone extraction at Kushtau mount
7 month agoRAF BAE 146 KRF09 (KITTYHAWK) descending for Kyiv Ukraine
7 month agoMilitary column filmed near Minsk
7 month agoPeople are gathering in Independence Square in Minsk
Russia must respect the sovereignty of Belarus and the right of its people to freely elect their own leaders, says a senior US official
7 month agoConvoy of Belarus military on highway near Shchuchyn moving towards Hrodna
Algerian health records 442 new coronavirus infections
NATO: NATO does not pose a threat to Belarus and has no military buildup in the region. We remain vigilant, strictly defensive, and ready to deter any aggression against NATO Allies. We support a sovereign and independent Belarus.
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg: "NATO Allies are watching developments in Belarus closely. It is important to demonstrate full respect for fundamental rights, including freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest
Trump says situation in Belarus is terrible, US is watching it closely
President Zelenskiy held a closed meeting with intelligence over the situation in Belarus
Russian Su-27 jet fighter intercepted British and U.S. reconnaissance planes over Black Sea today
Ukraine recalls Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus for consultations
The Egyptian Parliament approves the Egypt-Greece agreement on designating the economic zone between the two countries
7 month agoRussian warships arrived in Baku
7 month agoArmed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire and targeted civilians in the Aghdam village of Tovuz region source: @OrduAze
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos, who went into exile earlier in August in the face of corruption allegations, is in UAE, royal palace says
Russia accuses the Netherlands of planting a surveillance device in the car of the Russian assistant military attache in the Hague
One man is dead after three overnight shootings in Waco. At this time, there has not been a suspect identified in any of the 3 shootings and it us unknown by investigators if any of these shootings are related.
7 month agoPhoto: Armed soldiers behind gates of Belarus State Radio and TV company
7 month agoRiot Police inside Belarus National Television building in Minsk
Leaders of largest factions in European parliament (EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and ECR) today issued a joint statement refusing to recognize results of rigged presidential elections in Belarus. They consider Lukashenka persona non grata in EU
7 month agoGeolocation of the military convoy in Belarus. Location is a roundabout near Vitebsk. The vehicles are going towards* the border - or at least coming from the opposite way. This indicates that the vehicles probably belong to Belarus. 55°15'21.2"N 30°20'11.1"E
7 month agoSuspected ISIS member detained in Zhytomyr
Two suspicious grenades found - bathing area cordoned off in Karlskrona. The Swedish Armed Forces involved
7 month agoStrike on BelAZ. "Long life Belarus"
7 month agoNational strike is growing BMZ has stopped production, reporting and photo by @tutby
7 month agoProtesters in Ishimbai demand local authorities head to resign after brutal crackdown on protesters at Kushtau mount
7 month ago"Shoot yourself, officer" - shouts the worker addressing to Lukashenka "Put the phone down", - nervously scream Lukashenka in the end
Lukashenka promised to "sort out" the opponents of the current government.
98 people disappeared after protests in Belarus. Families, relatives, and friends are looking for them
Bashkorostan, Kushtau mount: video of person(from security forces) shooting at the people during standoff with protesters
7 month agoBelarus state media ONT broadcasts Lukashenka meeting with MZKT workers, when they chanted "Go away!"
Germany threatens wider EU sanctions against Belarus
EU to hold emergency video summit Wednesday on Belarus: European Council chief Michel
7 month agoConfirmed: Nation-scale internet disruption currently registered in Belarus affecting almost all networks in the country; incident duration ~15 minutes, with signs of some ongoing impact
UK 'does not accept' results of Belarus election: foreign secretary
7 month agoFactory workers at MKTZ appear to be trying to drown out Lukashenko as he speaks at the factory today. Workers are chanting "Go Away. Go Away." (reports say Luka also left the factory prematurely, helicopter.) video from @belteanews
Foreign internet channels of Beltelecom and NCOT disrupted and caused internet outages in Belarus, now reportedly recovering
7 month agoRAF Global Express Sentinel R.1 ZJ692 on mission over Black Sea
7 month agoLukashenka came to meet workers. They are chanting: Go Away. Go Away
7 month ago"Lukashenka - to paddy wagon" (police van, avtozak)
Belarusian Metallurgical Plant announced that it will stop the rolling line at noon
7 month agoBlack Sea/Crimea: RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint ZZ666; US Navy P8 Poseidon AE687A; USAF RC-135W Rivet Joint SCONE61
Lukashenka: We held elections. Until you kill me, there will be no other elections
Joint forces operation: 1 ceasefire violation yesterday
7 month agoBuilt in Yaroslavl Shipyard, Russian Navy Project 23470, Black Sea Fleet 205th Auxiliary Ship Squad's 1st Group's high seas salvage vessel Sergey Balk, capable of towing & firefighting ops, transited Bosphorus towards Black Sea. Sergey Balk escorted Kilo+ sub thru Gibraltar in July
7 month agoBelaruskali goes on strike
A car used by @cxemu( by Radio Free Europe) program investigation journalists was burnt in arson attack in Brovary in Kyiv region
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 51 km SSE of Ýdra, Greece
7 month agoStrikes began at BelAZ, MTZ and the Belaruskali plant. Photo: Onliner,
7 month agoMilitary convoy spotted this morning in Minsk
7 month ago1464 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine
7 month agoWorker on the state owned "Belcalium" mining company in Salihorsk: 'First they came for our votes , then they came for us in the streets and then they started killing our people. Stopping the production here is our only way"
7 month agoSyrian Air (Force) Ilyushin Il-76 reg. YK-ATA (SYR5994) from Tehran approaching Latakia/Russia Khmeimim
7 month agoHelicopter landed at MZKT, Minsk automobile plant
7 month agoWorkers of Minsk Tractor plant are marching towards Minsk automobile plant(MZKR) where Lukashenka reportedly arrived
7 month agoWorkers of Belarus’ Naftan refinery protesting police brutality and election fraud
7 month agoSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya recorded the new appeal to the citizens of Belarus. "I am ready to take responsibility and act as a national leader during this [transitional] period"
7 month agoBelarus state TV and Radio company is on strike. Broadcast and website down
7 month agoAnother video of military trucks on highway, author of video says "it is 5th batch of 4-5 trucks. Direction: to Belarus"
Josep Borrell:Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians were out today demonstrating peacefully, demanding release of political prisoners, prosecution of those responsible for police brutality, and real elections. The EU stands by the Belarusian people
Washington announces its willingness to cooperate with Cyprus in the exploration of eastern Mediterranean gas.
The Greek Foreign Minister discusses with his UAE counterpart Turkey's activity in the Mediterranean
7 month agoAnother video of convoy without signs near Smolensk
Military convoy filmed in Smolensk region on Moscow-Minsk highway
7 month agoSeveral people detained by plain cloth policemen in Minsk
First detentions tonight in Minsk
Italy orders the closure of nightclubs and the mandatory mask regime
7 month agoOruç Reis seismic research ship continues its activities with its support ships
7 month agoThousands gathered in Prague, #CzechRepublic Old Town sq to support Belarus people fighting for freedom and independent elections
7 month agoColumn of RosGuard trucks filmed on the way to Luga in Leningrad region of Russia
7 month agoPhotos of anti-government rally today by State agency BELTA
7 month agoMinsk Independence Square tonight
7 month agoProtesters gather near detention center in Brest They demand to free political detainees @belamova
European Union: We call on Turkey to immediately cease its activities in the Mediterranean and to participate in dialogue
7 month agoBoth the DJs who turned on Viktor Tsoi's "Changes" during what was supposed to be a pre-election government concert have finally been released from jail
7 month agoPeople on Independence Square of Minsk are chanting to Lukashenka "you are fired!”
7 month agoIn front of KGB building in Minsk, @MBKhMedia
7 month agoMinsk demonstrators chanting "Put Lukashenko into paddy wagon"
7 month agoDemonstrators in Babruysk chanting to Lukashenka "Go away! Go away!"
7 month agoProtest in Brest today. Photo: Vaska Pilot
Cyprus issues a navigation warning to Turkey to keep its drilling ships away
7 month agoAnti-government demonstrators marching to Independence Square. Photos by Nadezhda Buzhan
7 month agoMore and more people arriving at Independence square in Minsk
7 month agoCentral Minsk is packed with demonstrators
7 month agoDemonstration in Vileyka
7 month agoBelarus: Thousands of people in Vitebsk are approaching the detention centre in a peaceful march
7 month agoProtesters in Minsk now marching
Lithuania FM Linkevicius:If Russia indeed planning invade neighbouring Belarus under cover of this strange 'call for help' that would reconfirm her reputation of lawless state and also signal to the people of Russia what kind of treatment they can expect in the future. Hard choice
Lavrov and Pompeo had a phone call, discussed Iran - Russian MFA
Macron to Abbas: We will work to resume negotiations to reach a fair solution
Anti-government demonstrations in Volkovysk, Zhabinka, Zaslavl, Zhodino, Lida, Logoysk, Maryina Horka, Mosty, Baranovychy
Lithuania FM Linkevicius: The recent statement by the former president of Belarus about increasing rally of @NATO military forces at Belarus' borders is a lie. Looks he desperately tries to prove call for Russia's help and completely ruin country's independence. Lamentable
Belarus state TV for the first time showing anti-government protests
7 month agoBelarus rocket and artillery troops will be put on combat alert at western border. At area near Astravets, Neman and Gozhsky firing ranges
7 month agoIn Belarus, the Ministry of Defence announced military exercises for 17-20 August in Hrodna region, close to Lithuania's border
7 month agoBig white-red-white flag at demonstration in Minsk now
7 month agoRally at central square of Maladziechna
Airborne troops brigade is being deployed to Hoza military training area at Lithuania border to enforce the border - Ministry of Defense of Belarus
Units of three anti-aircraft missile regiments on combat alert in western Belarus as part of drill of border defense
7 month agoDemonstration at stele in Minsk these minutes
7 month agoDemonstration in Vitebsk
7 month agoThat's Kastrychnickaja metro station in Minsk, everyone are going to the Hero City obelisk
7 month agoMozyr in Gomel region
7 month agoRally in Barysaw
7 month agoDemonstration in Pinsk
7 month agoMinsk. Thousands of people walk on Nemiga and along Pobediteley Avenue to the stele "Minsk - Hero City". Photo: Daria Buryakina,
Kremlin: Putin and Lukashenka again had phone call, discussed situation in Belarus, confirmed readiness to respond to external threats
7 month agoDemonstration in Babruisk now
7 month agoAnti-Lukashenka demonstration in Homel
7 month agoAnti-Lukashenka demonstration in Brest, western Belarus
Anti-Lukashenka demonstration gathers at "Stela" in Minsk
7 month agoAnti-Lukashenka demonstrators are now flocking to the central Minsk from all districts
Lukashenka: if you loose me, you will loose the first president, and it will be the start of you end
Lukashenko: We are offered black-faced, yellow-mouthed and fair-haired NATO soldiers. They want to dress us in sandals and drive us with a whip
Rosguard also denied reports that there are injures among riot police in conflict in the Kush-Tau. Up to 1000 workers are protesting at soda plant
7 month agoDemonstration in Orsha
7 month agoPro-democracy rally in Babruisk
Lukashenka: - Even if I am dead, I will not allow to give up this country
Belarus will cease as a state if it agrees to hold new presidential elections - Lukashenka
Lukashenko: Lithuania, Poland and unfortunately our native Ukraine are calling for new elections
Lukashenka has arrived at rally: NATO troops are at the gates of Belarus
Czech PM Andrej Babiš: 1968 must not have happened again in Belarus. The European Union must act. They must encourage the Belarusians not to be afraid to implement the Velvet Revolution model of November 1989
7 month agoRally in Navapolatsk now
7 month ago25-year-old Alexander Vikhor was buried today in Homiel. He died in police custody. He was beaten and left in a van for hours after being detained in Homiel
Russian fighter jet intercepted Italian Navy plane over Black Sea
7 month agoAerial view of rally in support of Lukashenka in Minsk, people were brought from all Belarus
Grandson of former President of Kazakhstan Aisultan Nazarbayev dies in London
SWANLEY: Police helicopter searching above Swanley
7 month agoTurkish Navy CASA CN-235 MSA TURNA65 tracking West of Cyprus
Poland COVID19: - total infected: 56,684 (594) - currently infected: 15,677 (309) - deaths: 1,877 (8) - recovered: 39,130 (277) - hospitalized: 2,035 (7) Over 16,600 tests were performed during the day - MZ
7 month agoRussian E-Cargo's 757 VP-BHM 8/14/20 Leipzig-Conakry, Guinea 8/15-8/16/20 Conakry-Caracas, Venezuela (2h 28m)-Heading East (Conakry) Gulf Wings' A6-CAG 8/15/20 Abu Dhabi-Conakry VP-BHM allegedly flew gold out of Venezuela in 2019
Catalonia registers 1,044 new cases of COVID19 and 13 more deaths in the last 24 hours
7 month agoIn Irkutsk, east Russia, some 500 held a march in solidarity with the people of Belarus. Irkutsk region has multiple villages populated by people from Belarus who moved to Siberia in 19th / early 20th century
7 month agoPro-Lukashenka rally in central Minsk
7 month agoMinsk-born Israeli Alexander Froman has been detained in his hometown during the protests. "They beat the disabled & beat us with clubs." After 78 hours in custody he was released. "They made antisemitic jokes when they heard I was Israeli"
Belarus ex presidential candidate Valery Tsepkalo moving to Poland together with his family. Yesterday was put on a wanted list by Moscow. Likely an automatic thing since Russia and Belarus have shared search databases
7 month agoBuses coming to Minsk from Homel for pro-Lukashenko rally
Veronika Tsepkalo with her children left Russia, and is in Ukraine now
7 month agoPhotos: groups of likely plain cloth policemen in Minsk before pro-Lukashenka rally
7 month agoColumn of buses towards Minsk from Brest
7 month agoBuses for pro-government rally on Mohylew highway towards Minsk
7 month agoAdditional military reinforcement is being pushed into Minsk
7 month agoRally in support of Belarus in Berlin
7 month ago1637 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine
Joint Forces Operation: no ceasefire violations yesterday
7 month agoColumn of buses on the way to Minsk, amid scheduled rally in support of Lukashenka
Azerbaijan: Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 37 times throughout the day in various direction of the front, using large-caliber machine guns
7 month agoA bus column organized by the government with Lukashenko supporters and government officials is moving from Gomel to Minsk Belarus (a total of over 1,250 people could be on the buses).
On August 15 at 16:20, Another tactical uav of Armenia was destroyed in the direction of the Tovuz district on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border, by Air Defense units of the Air Force of Azerbaijan
7 month agoClashes with riot police at Kushtau mount, where people protesting cutting of forest