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One-quarter of the 5,012 criminal cases that were brought by Belarusian authorities in 2023 under a handful of articles to suppress political speech and activities concerned alleged insults against longtime leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka, according to an analysis of police data.
Battalion members have said they wanted to fight as they felt mistreated as ethnic minorities in Russia and because they opposed the invasion of Ukraine.
The Vatican on March 12 said that "the first condition" for peace is that Russia "put an end to its aggression" after comments by Pope Francis that Ukraine should "show the courage of the white flag" were met with criticism by Kyiv and its allies.
Meduza, an independent, Russian-language media outlet, accused the Russian authorities of carrying out an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks last month with the intent to “destroy” it.
Ukrainian forces are building hundreds of kilometers of fortified trenches along the front lines to try to hold off Russian advances. In one part of the Kharkiv region, a network of tunnels serves as a well-equipped underground garrison for soldiers stationed there for what could be an intensified Russian offensive in the spring. (Current Time)