Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
July 2025 - Belarus Special Weapons News
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- Belarus's Military Budget Is Ballooning. That's Got Its Neighbors Worried. RFE/RL 19 Jul 2025 -- Belarus has increased its spending on weaponry and military hardware sharply since 2022, budget numbers show. The increase coincides with Russia's all-out war on Ukraine and has worried its immediate neighbors.
- A strong protest expressed to Belarus over airspace violation Lithuania MFA 17 Jul 2025 -- On 16 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus and handed him a diplomatic note expressing strong protest over the unlawful entry of a Russian-made Gerbera drone from the Republic of Belarus into the airspace of the Republic of Lithuania on 10 July of this year.
- World News in Brief: Haiti funding cuts bite, civilian suffering intensifies in Myanmar, Belarus deaths in custody alert UN News 16 Jul 2025 -- In violence-wracked Haiti, more than 5.7 million people are estimated to be food insecure, with many unable to meet their daily food needs.
- Latvia calls for the adoption of the 18th round of sanctions against Russia as soon as possible and for new restrictive measures, including increased tariffs on Russian and Belarusian imports Latvia MFA 15 Jul 2025 -- On 15 July 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Artjoms Uršuļskis, took part in a meeting of the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council.
- 'They Tried To Erase Me,' Freed Belarus Opposition Politician Tsikhanouski Says RFE/RL 11 Jul 2025 -- Belarusian opposition firebrand Syarhey Tsikhanouski's fight against Aleksandr Lukashenko's repressive rule was halted abruptly five years ago, when he was arrested after announcing plans to challenge the authoritarian leader in an August 2020 election.
- Increased Tariffs on Agricultural Goods and Fertilizers from Russia and Belarus Government of Norway 04 Jul 2025 -- The government has decided to increase tariffs on agricultural products and fertilizer goods from Russia and Belarus in line with similar measures implemented by the EU.
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