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Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelensky wins more arms in Europe
AYLESBURY, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak (R), and Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speak during a press conference in the garden at Chequers on May 15, 2023 in Aylesbury, England. In recent days, Mr Zelensky has travelled to meet Western leaders seeking support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, will reiterate the importance of providing a full package of support and will confirm the supply of air defence missiles and drones to help Ukraine's defence later today. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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Poland detects object in its airspace that flew from Belarus, likely observation balloon
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Belarusian journalist pulled off plane in 2021 gets eight years in prison
FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, June 14, 2021, Belarusian dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich attends a news conference at the National Press Center of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk, Belarus. The dissident Belarusian journalist and his Russian girlfriend who were arrested after their airline flight was diverted to Minsk last month have been moved from jail to house arrest. Raman Pratasevich, who ran a messaging app channel that was widely used in last year’s massive protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, and his Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega were seized on May 23 when their flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk. (Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA pool photo via AP, File)
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Wimbledon to house Ukraine’s players, fund relief efforts
FILE - Russia's Daniil Medvedev plays a return to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz during the men's singles fourth round match on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday, March 31, 2023, reversed its ban from last year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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Russia, Belarus banned from competing in IIHF tournaments until end of war in Ukraine
FILE - Luc Tardif, International Ice Hockey Federation president, answers questions from reporters during a news conference at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan. 5, 2023. So long as the war in Ukraine continues, Russian and Belarus will not be allowed to compete in International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments, Tardif said Sunday, April 16, 2023. With both nations already barred from competing in IIHF events through 2024, he said a decision on 2025 event participation will be made in March. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Ukraine bars its national teams from competing in events that include Russian, Belarusian athletes
FILE - Olena Kostevych and Bogdan Nikishin, of Ukraine, carry their country's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Ukraine has stepped up efforts to lobby international sports leaders against Russian participation in next year’s Paris Olympics as indications mount that the games could see the biggest boycott since the Cold War. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Russia to put nukes near Belarus’ western border, envoy says
In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a state-of-the nation address in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, March 31, 2023. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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Russia could put intercontinental missiles in Belarus if necessary, Lukashenko says
In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a state-of-the nation address in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, March 31, 2023. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko talk during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus for first time since 1990s
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Four Belarusian women who criticized government get long jail terms at closed trials
FILE PHOTO: Marina Zolotova, editor-in-chief of Tut.by independent news website, speaks to the media after a trial in Minsk, Belarus March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo
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EU lawmakers ask UEFA to ban Belarus from Euro 2024
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 16 draw - Nyon, Switzerland - February 28, 2020 General view of the UEFA logo at UEFA Headquarters before the draw REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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St-Onge sees no neutral path for Russian, Belarusian athletes at Paris Olympics
Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge rises during Question Period, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in Ottawa. St-Onge and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allowed to compete under a neutral flag. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Belarus detained ‘terrorist’ behind attempted sabotage at air base, Lukashenko says
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
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Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years
FILE - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19, 2023. A court in Belarus on Monday March 6, 2023 sentenced exiled opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Belarusian court sentences Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison
FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday Jan. 5, 2023. A Belarusian court has sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus' top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison. Bialiatski and three other top figures of the Viasna human rights center he founded were convicted of financing anti-government protests. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko to visit China
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (Vladimir Astapkovich, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Belarus to form 100,000-150,000 strong volunteer military force
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin attend a meeting with military top officials at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground, Belarus, on Jan. 6, 2023. Lukashenko said Monday Feb. 20, 2023 that the ex-Soviet nation will form a new territorial defense force amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Canadian Olympic Committee follows IOC lead on Russia, Belarus in 2024 Olympics
Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker is shown in Toronto on Monday, July 5, 2021. Canada is so far resisting calls from other countries to step up pressure to keep Russian and Belarusian athletes out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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