Police in Belarus have detained two senior opposition figures a day after more than 100,000 people rallied against President Alexander Lukashenko. Protesters want the president’s 26-year rule to end – but he has vowed to crush unrest. | BBC World Service

#Belarus 🇧🇾 ordered more troops to the #Ukraine's 🇺🇦 border on Wednesday. As a key ally of Putin, #Lukashenko also allowed 🇷🇺 Russian troops to use Belarusian territory to invade Ukraine from the north last week | FRANCE 24 English

Over 4000 Ukrainian troops, mercenaries fall in Luhansk | Russia destroys NATO weapons Ukrainian & foreign mercenaries lose 4,000 fighters near LPR in heavy Russian counterassaults. This past week marked one of Ukraine’s deadliest near the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) frontline. Russian Battlegroups—especially in Kupyansk & Svatovo-Kremennaya—inflicted devastating losses. #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineConflict #Lugansk | The Times of India

Putin’s forces annihilate 4,400 Ukrainian troops, crush Leopard tanks & depots in Luhansk onslaught Russia claims massive battlefield gains in Luhansk. Over 4,400 Ukrainian troops wiped out, says Moscow. Leopard tanks, ammo depots and troop positions destroyed. Russian forces boast of a decisive advance on the front. Kyiv reels under one of the heaviest blows of the war. #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #zelensky #putin #luhansk #kyiv #moscow #ukrainewar | The Times of India