Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Putin signed a defense treaty offering security guarantees to Belarus, Russia's closest ally. Worrying nuclear map shows ...

The problem with this argument is that Russia’s war plan to invade Ukraine explicitly included its forces located in southern Belarus. As I outlined with the map below on Jan. 17, 2022 ...

The AP plotted the incidents on a map to show the scope of the alleged ... meanwhile, have accused Russia and Belarus of directing migrants to their borders. Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov ...

groups linked to Russia or its ally Belarus for cyberattacks, spreading propaganda, plotting killings or committing acts of vandalism, arson, sabotage or espionage since the Feb. 24, 2022 ...

The Kremlin is turning Belarus into a strategic partner that helps Russia spread its power worldwide ... echoed Putin’s words and even promised to show some maps of where the attack was being prepared ...

groups linked to Russia or its ally Belarus for cyberattacks, spreading propaganda, plotting killings or committing acts of vandalism, arson, sabotage or espionage since the Feb. 24, 2022 ...