Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as US lifts some sanctions on its national airline

It was another sign of a possible rapprochement between Washington and Minsk, a close ally of Russia that has faced Western isolation for years. U.S. President Donald Trump and Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko spoke on the phone last month, and the American leader even suggested a face-to-face meeting could be in the works.

Here the video of US observers in Zapad 2025 (Joint Rus/ Bel military exercise )