Polish president to push Berlin for help against Russian drone incursions
‘Utterly unacceptable’ violations prompt Britain to summon ambassador amid war drills with Belarus
Belarus
Belarus releases 52 prisoners after appeal from Trump
US eases some sanctions on Minsk, allowing Belarus’s national airline to service and buy components for its fleet
Nato will defend ‘every inch’ of its territory, says Rutte after drone incident in Poland
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk described the incident as ‘a large-scale provocation’
Ursula von der Leyen’s hair-raising flight points to turbulent times ahead
Eastern EU states continue to warn about ‘hybrid warfare tactics’ of Russia and its allies
Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail
Syarhei Tsikhanouski was arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by Alexander Lukashenko
Malta ‘golden passport’ scheme breaches EU law
EU court strikes down controversial Malta scheme that allowed wealthy overseas investors ‘buy’ citizenship
Fresh evidence may lead to full ICC investigation into Belarus regime
Lithuania alleges crimes against humanity by Lukachenko regime, including forced deportation of Ukrainian children
Moscow’s troops advance in Russian border region and eastern Ukraine
Belarus’s veteran leader celebrates victory as EU decries election as ‘affront to democracy’
‘Belarus cannot be left behind’: West urged not to abandon Ukraine’s neighbour ahead of ‘sham’ election
Russian-backed dictator Alexander Lukashenko to extend 31-year rule after crushing opposition
Poland standing on the front line of Russia’s hybrid war with the EU
Facing Russian attempts to ‘weaponise’ migration, Poland takes a hard line on asylum
‘Without a free Ukraine there will be no free Belarus’: Russian defeat key to region’s future, say Belarusian fighters
Anti-Lukashenko Belarusians see war in Ukraine as prelude to liberation of their homeland
‘Anyone who is ready to kill should be ready to be killed’: Ukrainian soldier trades Ireland for frontline
‘Maestro’ was working in Rathdowney, Co Laois but now heads a unit of Special Operations Forces on the frontline near Donetsk
Fake online ads using Micheál Martin’s image believed to have originated in Belarus and Russia
Tánaiste speaks about efforts to learn identity of those behind adverts as he outlines Government plans to overhaul defamation laws
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
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
Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for Ukraine
Proposed five-year military aid package would shield Kyiv from ‘winds of political change’
Belarus: Lukashenko says he will run for president next year
Weekend parliamentary and local council elections described by critics as a sham
Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid calls for boycott
Rule of Alexander Lukashenko set to continue as balloting dismissed as ‘farce’
Poland to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus amid concerns over mercenaries
Belarus continues military exercises as Russia claims downing of Ukrainian drones near Moscow
Belarus military exercises raise tensions in Poland and Lithuania
Interior ministry says 29 police officers and seven rescuers were injured in the attack, as well as civilians
Poland to increase troops at Belarusian border as helicopters violate airspace
Polish prime minister warns of plan to destabilise country before October election
Poland sends more troops to Belarus border after ‘airspace breach’
Tensions have been growing after Wagner mercenary forces moved into Belarus under deal with Moscow
Fears grow in Poland as Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to Polish border
Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki says movement of more than 100 mercenaries close to strategic territory makes situation ‘even more dangerous’
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
Russian forces doing utmost to stop Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Zelenskiy says
Kyiv has made only small gains since launch of kickback campaign in June and, in recent weeks, appears stalled in some areas
Russia’s overseas mercenaries come out of the shadows
Putin once denied being behind Wagner’s operations – now he says it was 100% funded by Russian state
Mystery surrounds Wagner chief’s whereabouts and details of deal to end uprising
Unclear whether main demand – for Russian defence chiefs to be sacked for bungling war in Ukraine – has support of president Vladimir Putin
Wagner revolt shows Putin’s grip on power weakening
Revolt by mercenary group shows ‘bosses of Russia do not control anything’, says Zelenskiy
Ukraine decries ‘Russian terror’ after deadly missile attack on hospital
Ukrainian forces attack Russia’s southern Belgorod region hours after blast in Krasnodar
No plan to cap refugee numbers, as Taoiseach says Co Clare blockade ‘not necessary’
Leo Varadkar addressed the immigration crisis as he arrived in Reykjavik for the fourth summit of the Council of Europe since its creation in 1949
Turmoil in Belarus as rumours of Lukashenko’s ill-health swirl
Opposition told to ‘be ready’ for democracy push in event of departure
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘I’ve always said that Ireland is in my heart, all the time’
Belarusian pro-democracy leader rallies support on return to Ireland, where she will receive Tipperary award
Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Putin says
Russian president says he is responding to Britain’s decision this week to give Ukraine armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium
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