Kyiv counts on Kalinovsky Regiment to prepare for a post-Lukashenko Belarus

Poland's Air Force Institute of Technology turns into defence partnerships hub 

Poland is pursuing the modernisation of its airborne surveillance capacities with French and other European defence companies through its Air Force Institute of Technology.

Belarusian dissidence forms armed unit under Ukrainian patronage 

A section of the opposition to Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's regime is working with Ukraine's military command to establish a "second international legion". The predominantly Belarusian unit is meant to first fight in Ukraine and later prepare to march on Minsk.

Russia's Rosvgardia trains new elite units in Minsk 

Belarus's powerful deputy interior minister and Commander of the Belarusian Internal Troops Nikolai Karpenkov launched a collaboration with the Russian National Guard in January which is now in full swing.

Kyiv and Minsk keep diplomatic and trade ties despite sanctions 

Despite the sanctions it has itself imposed on Belarus, Ukraine is continuing to import vital supplies from the country. Contact is being discreetly maintained between the two countries via business networks and even through the presidential office in Kyiv.

War in Ukraine: Kalinovsky Regiment aims to expand 

The militia group opposed to Alexander Lukashenko, and which is backed by the Ukrainian military intelligence service, is attracting more and more members. Led by its two clandestine commanders, however, it is still locked in dispute with the other exiled Belarusian opposition factions.

Belarus opposition in Warsaw disavowed by Kyiv 

The alternative government set up by opponents to the Lukashenko regime is struggling to win the Ukrainian government's confidence. Its shadow defence minister is out of favour in Kyiv in the wake of a failed attempt to lead a battalion of volunteers.

• JORDAN - Abdallah II appoints new public security chief to combat drug trafficking.
  

• FRANCE - Philippe Susnjara favourite to head the DRSD.
  

• BELARUS/UKRAINE - Kalinovsky Regiment goes political.
  

• DENMARK - Revelations about spy chief's sex life threaten Social Democrats
  

Minsk opposition keeps up connections with Moscow 

The Belarusian opposition faction led by Valery Tsepkalo, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's rival, is keeping in with Russian contacts who are ready and willing to back popular and political activism against Lukashenko.