Tag: Belarus
As Russian Troops Mass in Belarus, a Ukraine Border Is Largely Undefended
NOVI YARYLOVYCHI BORDER CROSSING, Ukraine — On the other side of this border in northern Ukraine, not visible through the…
What Does Russia Want in Ukraine? The Tensions Explained
It feels like a scene from the Cold War.An unpredictable Russian president amassing thousands of troops on the border of…
What a Potential Russian Invasion Means in Chernobyl
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers, Kalashnikov rifles slung over their shoulders, patrolled through a silent, snowy forest, passing homes so…
U.S. and Russia Take More Measured Stance in Ukraine Talks
GENEVA — The United States and Russia scaled back their confrontational rhetoric over Eastern European security on Friday, agreeing to…
Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach the E.U.
ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq repatriated a second wave of more than 600 migrants from Belarus on Friday after they gave…
Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners
RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the border of their native Belarus. They thought they…