А monument to Prince Alherd (Lithuanian: Algirdas), a medieval ruler who waged war with Muscovites and extended the borders of his state at the expense of Muscovy and the Golden Horde, was unveiled today in the northeastern Belarusian city of Vitebsk.
One or more supersonic TU-160 strategic bombers are en route to Belarus, reports the Ukrainian website Ekonomicheskiye Izvestiya, ostensibly to make an appearance at the country's Independence Day parade).
The prankster who allegedly duped Belarus president Alyaksandr Lukashenka into believing he was speaking with the son of Ukraine former president Viktоr Yanukovych in a telephone conversation Saturday, today disavowed any connection to the eavesdropped version of that conversation that appeared on the Ukrainian internet.
A telephone prankster with the moniker Vovan222 has allegedly duped Belarusian president Alyaksandr Lukashenka into extracting a commitment to provide former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych with political asylum in Belarus should he request it.
