June 25 - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he had warned Ukraine, against a background of rising tensions, not to try to drag his country into war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia denies pressuring Belarus for Ukraine war support, while Belarus accuses the West of escalating tensions.

Russia denies pressuring Belarus for Ukraine war support, while Belarus accuses the West of escalating tensions.

Russia on Thursday denied exerting pressure on Belarus to support an expansion of the war in Ukraine, while Belarus said it was the West that ‌was trying to drag it into the conflict. The former Soviet state is strategically important to all sides, being closely allied to Moscow and sharing…