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The regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka says a vote to increase his power and rid Belarus of its non-nuclear status that was slammed as illegitimate and a sham by the opposition and the West has passed.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko tonight issued a chilling threat that the West's sanctions on Russia are pushing the Kremlin into a Third World W

Instead of sanctions and escalation, we need UN-led diplomacy.

Russia's Supreme Court has upheld its previous decision to shut down one of the country's most venerated human rights groups, International Memorial, amid a continued crackdown on civil society in the country.

The American official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Washington Post, said that its very clear [Belarus capital] Minsk is now an extension of the Kremlin.

The State Department says it has suspended operations at the U.S. Embassy in Belarus and has authorized the voluntary departure of nonessential staff at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose country is facing a massive unprovoked invasion from neighboring Russia, has called on the European Union to grant Ukraine membership under a special procedure immediately.

Close to 200 Ukrainians have died following the Russian invasion of the county, according to Ukraines Health Minister Viktor Lyashko.

The latest on the Russias invasion of Ukraine:

With fighting in Kyiv streets overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his country to repel Russian troops trying to take the capital.