"This year, up to 30,000 troops are expected to participate, significantly fewer than in previous exercises. Around ...

The closure comes ahead of the "Zapad-2025" military drills, scheduled to take place in Belarus from Sept. 12 to 16. Minsk ...

The drills have raised security concerns in neighbouring Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

VILNIUS (Reuters) -NATO member Lithuania has declared a 90-kilometre (56 miles) long no-fly zone near its capital along the country's border with Belarus, in response to drones entering from there.

Lithuania announced on Wednesday that it is increasing border security and deploying additional forces as Russia and Belarus ...

Lithuania will close its airspace along part of the border with Belarus until October 1. This was reported on August 21 by ...

Lithuania announced Wednesday that it will step up border security and deploy additional forces as Russia and Belarus prepare ...

About 350 troops and 50 pieces of equipment are expected to take part. The drills are organized by the Geležinis Vilkas (Iron ...

Lithuania, too, has seen migrants coming from Belarus. A total of 11,211 people have been denied entry to Lithuania from Belarus since January 2022, according to the State Border Service.

Lithuania officials estimate that more than 10,000 more migrants might try to arrive this year as the number of direct flights from Iraq to the Belarus capital of Minsk tripled in August.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, responding to Belarus' support of what he says is illegal migration, said "it is a kind of revenge for EU sanctions," the Associated Press reported.

Ukraine's foreign ministry on Friday warned Minsk against staging provocations during joint Belarus-Russian "Zapad" military ...