Russia downs several drones after 11 killed in strikes across eastern Ukraine
Attacks came as Russia continues to stretch out Ukrainian forces in several areas along the front
Alexander Lukashenko
Green Border review: muscular, urgent dramatisation of the refugee crisis
Agnieszka Holland’s powerful depiction of border-crossing has angered Polish authorities and refugee agencies in equal measure
Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid calls for boycott
Rule of Alexander Lukashenko set to continue as balloting dismissed as ‘farce’
Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate says Belarus’ Lukashenko
President of Belarus and ally of Vladimir Putin urges talks between two sides
In Belarus, even the past is criminalised as Lukashenko cracks down on dissent
Anyone who took part in 2020 protests against the government is coming under closer scrutiny as the country’s authoritarian leader aligns himself with Russian president Vladimir Putin
Ukraine pledges to avenge Russian missile attacks on Odesa
Attack smashed roof and several walls of Transfiguration Cathedral in city centre, causing a fire and hurling rubble through interior of Unesco world heritage site
Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia, says Belarus
At least five people killed and 40 injured in a Russian missile strike on Lviv in western Ukraine
Wagner revolt shows Putin’s grip on power weakening
Revolt by mercenary group shows ‘bosses of Russia do not control anything’, says Zelenskiy
Ireland peripheral to EU migration deal but its progress will be closely watched as immigration climbs the agenda
Under the agreement all EU countries must help frontline border states to cope, but they can choose how
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Turmoil in Belarus as rumours of Lukashenko’s ill-health swirl
Opposition told to ‘be ready’ for democracy push in event of departure
Belarus a Kremlin ‘hostage’ with deployment of Russian nuclear weapons, says Ukraine
Putin insists move is ‘nothing unusual’ in light of US nuclear posture abroad
And Then What? by Catherine Ashton: The curious world of EU diplomacy during ‘one of the most turbulent times’
Among nuggets are Putin’s penchant for ‘controlling the time’ - but murky aspects of EU policy go uninterrogated
Belarus opposition leader says public would resist moves to fight in Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says Lukashenko would face ‘massive disobedience’ if he sent troops
Ireland accuses Belarus of ‘hijacking’ Ryanair plane to detain opposition journalist
Ireland condemns Lukashenko regime at UN Security Council after investigation finds aircraft was forced to land after false bomb threat
Belarus jails girlfriend of dissident seized from Ryanair flight
Sofia Sapega sentenced to six years following forced landing of plane in May 2021
Wimbledon could face legal action over ban of Russian and Belarusian players
Tennis stars prevented from entering tournament include Azarenka and Medvedev
How Clare Daly and Mick Wallace became stars of authoritarian state media
A new Irish Times investigation shows the MEPs’ outsized profile in regime-controlled media
Zelenskiy warns of ‘new stage of terror’ as West investigates chemical weapons claims
Allegations of mobile crematoriums, rape and sexual violence by Russian forces
Pierre Zakrzewski, my old classmate, was charismatic, selfless and loyal
Radio review: Tributes to the late Irish journalist had a personal resonance for Mick Heaney
‘I have lost my identity twice’, first Crimea, now Kyiv
War has not prevented couple imagining a life beyond limbo in which they find themselves
‘My family have been bombed’: Emotional Ukrainians protest in Dublin
Large crowd gathers outside GPO calling for a no fly zone to be enforced
Ireland to support international sporting isolation of Russia and Belarus
Minister of State calls on sporting bodies to ‘act in unison in solidarity’ with Ukraine
War in Ukraine: 10 terms and concepts explained
A week on from the start of Russia’s ‘special military operation’, what does it all mean?
Baltic states call for stronger defences against Russia
The three countries see themselves as the long-suffering front line of Russian disinformation, cyber attacks and political interference
US to sanction breakaway regions of Ukraine after Russia recognises their independence
EU leaders criticise ‘blatant violation of international law’ following Putin move
Extended Russia-Belarus war games fuel fears for Ukraine and Minsk
Russian troops to stay on amid ‘whiff of gunpowder’, Belarusian defence chief says
Putin leads strategic nuclear exercises amid Ukraine tensions
Russian president observes missile drills with Belrusian leader Lukashenko
Ukraine accuses Moscow-led militia of stoking tension with mass evacuation order
US says Russia still massing troops near Ukraine and seeking ‘pretext to justify invasion’
Boris Johnson has underestimated the intelligence of the average Brit
An Irish comedian can’t find the funnies in Boris Johnson
Russia’s Black Sea war games to pile more pressure on Ukraine
Russia and Belarus launch major military drills as West urges Kremlin to talk peace
Mixed messages from Paris and Moscow on Ukraine talks appear to suit Putin
French president reiterates Putin told him he had no intention of escalating conflict
The Irish Times view on Vladimir Putin: in search of a lost empire
By placing troops in breakaway regions of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, Putin is retaining a Russian blocking stake in states that want to join the EU and Nato.
US charges Belarus officials with piracy in forced landing of Ryanair plane
Diversion manufactured to allow Belarusian forces to arrest journalist, indictment says
Belarus jails husband of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for 18 years
Sergei Tikhanovsky, partner of opposition leader, found guilty of organising mass unrest
China downgrades diplomatic relations with Lithuania over Taiwan ties
Beijing claims the Baltic state’s decision is a challenge to its ‘one China’ policy
Lukashenko says his troops may have helped refugees reach Europe
Belarusian leader tells BBC refugees ‘not coming to my country, they’re going to yours’
Poland agrees deal with UK to erect wall on Belarus border
Pressure begins to ease at border as migrants brought to Belarusian-run warehouse
What will be the human cost of the Belarus-Poland migrant crisis?
In the News: How Belarus engineered the migrant crisis playing out on the EU’s border
Atmosphere darkens in battle of wills between Belarus and Poland
Bialystok Letter: ‘Please don’t think we all enjoy this,’ a young Polish officer says
Belarus hybrid ‘tactics’ show need for smarter defence, EU says
Tensions rise at border as guards use water cannons against restive crowds
Polish forces turn water cannon on migrants at Belarusian border
Lukashenko to hold second call with Merkel amid migrant crisis
EU agrees fresh Belarus sanctions, hitting Irish leasing companies
Belarus regime has flown in 18,000 people from Middle East to provoke tensions, says Coveney
Give Me a Crash Course in ... the Belarus-Poland border stand-off
Some 4,000 people are sitting in the no-man’s land between Poland and Ukraine
Breda O’Brien: EU must block criminalisation of humanitarianism
Seán Binder faces trial for helping migrants survive dangerous sea crossing to Lesbos
World View: The EU must avoid Lukashenko’s trap
Whereas Brussels once denounced states for building fences, it now helps police them
‘We were told we had to cross the border’: A migrant funnelled through Belarus
An Iraqi says Belarusian police became aggressive once they got to the EU border
Poland and Belarus face off over migrants in growing geopolitical row
Leaders of opposing countries accuse Putin and EU respectively of orchestrating crisis
The Irish Times view on EU-Belarus tensions: clashes at the border
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is accused by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen of “instrumentalising refugees” as a weapon
Poland accuses Belarus over migrant ‘provocations’
Lithuania considers state of emergency for Belarusian border area after surge in illegal crossing attempts
Pleas to finance border walls rejected by European Commission
Group of member states call for EU cash for barbed wire and fencing to halt migrants
Taoiseach condemns ‘heinous’ use of migrants by Belarus
Migrants transported to EU borders in retaliation to sanctions on Minsk
Russia and Belarus launch war games and agree deeper economic ties
Kremlin insists drills involving 200,000 troops are not a threat to any state
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