As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Russia is seeking greater involvement from Belarus while Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka resists engagement.

Russia is reportedly pressuring Belarus to join its war on Ukraine — even threatening to cut financial support, per the Wall Street Journal. The Kremlin denies it. But the deeper twist is that Moscow now quietly depends on Belarus: its refineries have ramped up fuel shipments to Russia more than tenfold this year,

Cyber Partisans from Belarus helped disrupt Russian troop movements in 2022. Now the anti-Lukashenka hacker group is increasingly targeting Russia itself.

The relay equipment that helps guide Russian drones over Belarus went dark on June 22, days after President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a public ultimatum, threatening to disable the equipment with

Irina Velichko, Head of the Main Directorate for Multilateral Diplomacy of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Grigory Lukiyantsev, Director of the Department for Multilateral Human Rights Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia,

Belarus' exiled opposition leader visits Kyiv as the city recovers from Russia’s largest missile attack of the year.

The trade turnover between Belarus and Russia increased by almost 20 percent in five months of this year – as stated by Belarus’ Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin during the second round of talks with Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the sidelines of the INNOPROM International Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg,

Belarus-Russia trade between increased by nearly 20% in January-May 2026, Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin said during the second round of talks with Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin on the sidelines of the INNOPROM expo.

Figure skaters from Russia and Belarus have not been allowed to compete the last four years outside of the Olympics and an Olympic qualifier.