{"id":167,"date":"2026-05-25T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:07:09","slug":"leaders-keep-a-wary-eye-on-belarus-after-russias-biggest-missile-attack-of-the-year-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Leaders keep a wary eye on Belarus after Russia\u2019s biggest missile attack of the year on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Belarus\u2019 exiled opposition leader visited Kyiv on Monday as the Ukrainian capital cleaned up after Russia\u2019s <span>biggest missile attack of the year<\/span>, and world leaders kept a close eye on how much support the Belarusian government is ready to provide for <span>Moscow\u2019s all-out invasion<\/span> of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=165\">Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See\u2019s own role in legitimizing slavery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader <span>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> arrived by train in Kyiv for her first visit to the city, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with President Alexander Lukashenko, who has governed Belarus with an iron fist for more than three decades.<\/p>\n<p>The French leader \u201cunderscored the risks for Belarus of allowing itself to be dragged into Russia\u2019s war of aggression in Ukraine,\u201d according to a presidential aide in Macron\u2019s office who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with the presidential palace\u2019s practices.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Macron also spoke Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who in recent days has increasingly warned that Belarus could provide a launchpad for Russia to open a new front in northern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>With the full-scale invasion more than four years old, the Russian army is locked in a hard and costly slog on the 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) <span>front line<\/span> that mostly snakes through eastern and southern Ukraine. With American-made air defense missiles in short supply because of the <span>Iran war<\/span>, Russian missiles are harder for Ukraine to stop.<\/p>\n<p><span>U.S. efforts<\/span> to stop the fighting made little progress and have now stalled.<\/p>\n<h2>Russia fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s heavy bombardment included Russia\u2019s powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, which can carry multiple warheads. Russian President Vladimir Putin <span>has boasted<\/span> it can plunge to a target at speeds up to Mach 10.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence services had received tipoffs from the United States and European countries that Russia was preparing to launch an Oreshnik.<\/p>\n<p>At least 87 people were wounded in Kyiv, including three children, in the barrage, Zelenskyy said Monday. Twenty-one people were hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>The intense assault damaged buildings across the city, including near government offices, residential buildings, schools and a market, Ukrainian authorities said. Shattered glass still littered sidewalks on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=161\">Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Countries keep a wary eye on Belarus<\/h2>\n<p>Macron\u2019s call with Lukashenko was their first since 2022, shortly after Russia launched the all-out invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, when Belarus\u2019 government allowed Moscow to use the country\u2019s territory as a platform to send troops into neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>A terse readout released by the Belarusian presidential press service said that the call took place \u201con the French side\u2019s initiative\u201d and that the two leaders discussed \u201cregional issues\u201d and the relations of Belarus with the European Union and France.<\/p>\n<p>Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader in exile, said Sunday that France is trying to prevent Belarus being dragged into the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe main goal \u2014 to warn Lukashenko that dragging Belarus into the war would be unacceptable,\u201d Tsikhanouskaya told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLukashenko\u2019s regime knows well what needs to be done to improve ties with the European Union, but it isn\u2019t happening, instead hybrid attacks, nuclear blackmail and threats to the entire region continue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko relies on the Kremlin for cheap energy, loans and other support. Russia and Belarus held <span>joint nuclear drills<\/span> last week.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has repeatedly warned that Belarus could increase its support for Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>John Leicester contributed to this report from Paris.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at <span>https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=159\">What we know and don\u2019t know about the emerging deal to end the Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exiled opposition leader of Belarus is visiting Kyiv a day after Russia&#8217;s largest missile attack on Ukraine this year. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya&#8217;s trip on Monday came a day after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. Macron warned against Belarus being drawn into the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia launched a major bombardment on Sunday including the use of a hypersonic missile. The attack wounded at least 87 people in Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed concern about Belarus potentially supporting Russia&#8217;s invasion. 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