Zelensky Steps Up Threats Against Belarus for Aiding Drone Attacks
Ukrainian officials say their northern neighbor is allowing its radio relay stations to be used to guide Russian attack drones more precisely. A destroyed bridge over the Dnipro River, which forms the border between Ukraine and Belarus, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, this month. Credit... Genya Savilov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko have been reporting on events in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2022. June 26, 2026, 4:38 a.m. ET Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, partly from the territory of Belarus, Ukraine has handled relations with its northern neighbor cautiously. It did not sever diplomatic relations and kept open lines of communication with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s longtime autocrat. But since the beginning of this year, after a string of devastating Russian drone strikes in northwestern Ukraine near the border with Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelensky has t...