A senior Iranian lawmaker says Belarus can play a role in solving the conflict in Ukraine given its strategic position in Eastern Europe.

Belarus may purchase Russia's S-400 advanced defense missile systems amid growing tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine, the country's president says.

Russia says US and European threats and ultimatums against Moscow would do nothing to ease tensions over Ukraine.

Russia begins deploying troops to Belarus for a new round of joint military drills scheduled for next month.

Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets start relocating to Belarus for drills, the Russian defence ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia and Belarus plan to hold another round of joint military drills early next year, amid rising tensions between Moscow and the West.

Ukraine says the United States will finance projects and procure hardware, including surveillance and monitoring equipment, to strengthen its borders with Russia and Belarus, amid tensions between the West and Moscow.

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights office says Belarus and Poland are pushing refugees back and forth across their border and leaving them without enough food and other basic necessities.

Belarus has summoned the British ambassador over an embassy attack during which a Belarusian diplomat got hurt.

The punitive measures are “inhumane by nature, due to the negative impact they will have on ordinary Belarus citizens,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.