Lukashenko: Putin does not want a direct confrontation with NATO
Lukashenko: Putin does not want a direct confrontation with NATO
In an interview with the Associated Press, Alexander Lukashenko argues that the Russian president is not seeking a direct conflict with NATO. The politician also appealed to the West to ensure that such a conflict does not occur.
On 24 February, Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine in response to a request from the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics, which Russia had…
Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the most influential and critical figures of the twentieth century. When I was growing up in the 1980s he was part os a set of international world leaders that seemingly had much more influence over people than the political leaders of today. Gorbachev was the last leader of he Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. He presided over the final years of the Cold War…
Alexander Lukashenko warns of "military pressure from Poland"
Alexander Lukashenko warns of “military pressure from Poland”
During a meeting with commanders of the Belarusian army, Alexander Lukashenko gave information about the creation of a new operational command – the Southern Command. The troops are to operate ‘in time of war’. “We have to plan how to act if, God forbid, a war breaks out,” the Belarusian leader stressed.
According to the Belarusian president, Belarus is experiencing military pressure from…
Group portrait of a Jewish partisan musical troupe in the Narocz Forest in Belorussia. Among those pictured are Hana Posner (standing in the back row, seventh from the left), her father, Mordechai Posner (fourth from the left) and Yechiel Burgin (sixth from the left). 1943. USHMM