Four Belarusian citizens involved in the abduction of Ukrainian children are to be added to the 13th EU package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, reported EU Observer on Feb. 14.
Four Belarusian volunteer fighters of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment, which consists of Belarusian nationals helping defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion, have been killed in battle, the regiment said in a Telegram post on July 31.
Four Belarusian women were each jailed for more than a decade on Friday, the latest in a series of heavy sentences handed to activists and journalists, including a Nobel prize winner, who have spoken out against authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. The verdicts were handed down in two separate cases - the first against the leaders of an independent online news outlet, tut.by, and the second against two political scientists accused of subversion.
Four officials, including the head of Belarus s air navigation service and his deputy, have been charged in the US with piracy over the hijack of a Ryanair flight in May last year.