The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

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Head of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich has shared the scenario of liberation of our country. According to him, Belarusian volunteers are supposed to enter one of the districts and invite NATO peacekeepers to the liberated territory.

Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.

Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Meanwhile, Belarus’ record on human rights – and its complicity in Russia’s war in Ukraine – have led to extensive sanctions and diplomatic isolation of the Eastern European nation, worsening the life of its people.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.

The NATO forces have beefed up security and put their troops on alert due to Russia-linked Wagner fighters' presence in Belarus. The NATO forces have beefed up security and put their troops on alert due to Russia-linked Wagner fighters' presence in Belarus.

Belarusian militants considered the Brest direction and the town of Malorita as a possible invasion route into Belarus, said Vasily Veremeichik, a mercenary, who participated in the hostilities in Ukraine as a member of the Kalinovsky Regiment recognized as a terrorist organization in Belarus.

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ISW: "Moscow’s effort to de facto annex Belarus ...

Hundreds of Swedish troops have arrived in Latvia to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and could cost trillions of dollars to restore the organization's credibility.