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Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday that Russia is already moving a part of its short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus.

The European Commission has decided to allocate 135 million euros to programs to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova. These funds were intended for programs with Russia and Belarus.

The Lithuanian government has decided to temporarily close two of the six border checkpoints on the border with Belarus, namely Šumskas and Tveričius, starting August 18.

Canada is imposing sanctions against 9 individuals and 7 entities under the Special Economic Measures Act in response to the ongoing gross and systematic violations of human rights occurring in Belarus. They also target persons who are complicit in Russia’s ongoing violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in part through Belarus and with Belarusian support.

The United States is aware of the location of Russia’s Wagner Group fighters on the territory of Belarus and continues to monitor their movements and actions.

The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, have different ideas as to the use of Wagner Group’s mercenaries currently deployed in Belarus.

The return of Russian Aerospace Force’s warplanes and helicopters from Belarus is being observed.

The Polish government is mulling a full border closure with Belarus as one of the measures to protect the country against the backdrop of the deteriorating security situation in the wake of the Wagner Group deployment in the neighboring country.

Today, the Council of the EU adopted new sanctions against 38 individuals and three legal entities from Belarus, and also extended the ban on the export of firearms, aviation and space industry.

Belarus may be seeking to sign a contract with Iran for the production of Shahed drones on its territory.

Today, the twelfth column of vehicles carrying Wagner Group mercenaries arrived in Belarus.

New satellite images of the Wagner PMC camp in Belarus have been published online.

A new engineer battalion will be created this year in the city of Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, close to the border with Belarus.

The number of mercenaries from Russian private military companies (PMC), deployed in Belarus, may be around 5,000.

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has “no reason to doubt” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia has moved a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, senior officials said on Friday.

Ukrainian border guards record the movement of groups of Russian mercenaries from the PMC Wagner to Belarus.

Russia is withdrawing its military units from Belarus, and now there is no required offensive grouping.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not send invitations to Russia and Belarus on July 26 to take part in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris (France).

Currently, the presence of Russian nuclear warheads in the territory of the Republic of Belarus is unlikely.

Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov suggests that the leader of the "Wagner" PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin will visit Belarus, but will not use this country for permanent basing of the "Wagner".