12K views · 80 reactions | The White House has announced it will impose sanctions on Belarus, after the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk last weekend, which resulted in the arrest of a dissident journalist. Protests were held across Europe today, in opposition to the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. | Read more: https://bit.ly/3wL6vKG | RTÉ News | Facebook

Belarusians living in Ukraine and wider Europe have gone to Kyiv to help defend the country against the Russian invasion. Every day up to 20 new Belarusian fighters join a distinct squadron that is working alongside the Ukrainian Army and Ukrainian Territorial Defense units. Jan Derbeiko, 26, who was educated as an aviation engineer and had to leave Belarus in 2020 due to his participation in the anti-presidential protests, lives in Ukraine. When Kyiv was attacked by Russian forces, Derbeiko joi

Belarusian police are "in control of the situation" amid opposition protests, according to the country's state-owned media. | DW News

77K views · 1.5K reactions | There have been mass arrests in Belarus on the seventh weekend of protests calling for President Lukashenko to resign. bbc.in/2S25Wd8 | BBC News | Facebook

298K views · 2K reactions | Belarus has been gripped by mass protests over the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. But who is opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and why have people chosen now to protest against a president who's been in power for 26 years? https://bbc.in/3j8hUxv | BBC News | Facebook