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Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)
April 21, 2023, 11:00 pm
Israel ends expedited immigration track for Russians and Belarusians fleeing war
Immigration Ministry will maintain fast-tracked program for Ukrainians and special cases, but says it wants to focus on absorbing the massive wave of people who arrived last year
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A picture shows destruction of a heating system plant after a Russian missile attack in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region in Ukraine, June 24, 2022. (Bagus Saragih/AFP)
June 25, 2022, 3:40 pm
Ukraine says rocket barrage fired from Belarus at northern village
20 rockets target Desna, damaging infrastructure; Ukraine says attack part of efforts by Russia to draw neighbor fully into conflict; Putin, Lukashenko set to meet
By Benoit Finck, Blaise GAUQUELIN and Anna MALPAS
Refugees wait in a crowd for transportation after fleeing from Ukraine and arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
March 7, 2022, 1:13 pm
Ukraine rejects Moscow proposal for evacuation corridors into Belarus, Russia
Providing safe passage ‘into the arms of the country that is currently destroying yours is nonsense,’ says UK minister, backing Kyiv’s stance as Russians keep up bombing campaign
By Agencies
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Feb. 10, 2022, combat crews of the S-400 air defense system drive to take up combat duty at the training ground in the Brest region during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
February 10, 2022, 1:49 pm
Russia launches Belarus joint military drills as West fears Ukraine invasion
NATO leaders condemn exercises, Kyiv denounces maneuvers as ‘psychological pressure’; Kremlin insists Russian troops in Belarus will go home after the drill
By Jonathan Brown and Dmitry Zaks
In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 2, 2022, Russian soldiers attend a military training at the Yurginsky training ground in the Kemerovo region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
February 3, 2022, 4:03 pm
NATO warns Russian military buildup in Belarus is largest in 30 years
Over 100,000 troops are now stationed near Ukraine’s borders, raising concerns Moscow may invade again; Ukrainian President Zelensky hosts Turkish counterpart Erdogan
By LORNE COOK and Suzan Fraser
Belarusian activists cast shadows as they carry an old Belarusian flag on a rally in support of Belarus' opposition in the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
August 3, 2021, 12:51 pm
Missing Belarusian activist found hanged in Ukraine; police open murder probe
Vitaly Shishov, 26, was head of Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps his compatriots flee repression in Belarus; group accuses Lukashenko regime of murder
By Ania TSOUKANOVA
Belarusian soldiers guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept. 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 12:01 am
Virus cases said found on 17 flights as pilgrims return from Ukraine, Belarus
Some Hasidic travelers reportedly board planes to Tel Aviv despite having COVID-19 symptoms, refuse testing, contact tracing, possibly skip quarantine
By ToI Staff
Ukrainian border guards block the road to Jewish pilgrims on the Belarus-Ukraine border, in Belarus, September 15, 2020. (TUT.by via AP)
September 22, 2020, 6:02 pm
Frustrated Hasidic pilgrims blame Israel government for Ukraine border ordeal
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews ignored warnings from Ukraine they would be denied entry because of COVID concerns, and attempted to cross by land from neighboring Belarus
By Michael Blum
Belarusian soldiers guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept. 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu via JTA)
September 17, 2020, 6:39 am
Red Cross aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims massed at Ukraine’s closed borders
Amid coronavirus pandemic, Ukraine closed its borders starting August 29 in a move widely seen as trying to block the Hasidim, but thousands made the trip anyway
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jewish pilgrims sit on the Belarus-Ukraine border, in Belarus, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. About 700 Jewish pilgrims are stuck on Belarus' border due to coroavirus restrictions that bar them from entering Ukraine. (TUT.by via AP)
September 16, 2020, 8:44 pm
Ukraine, Belarus trade blows as Hasidic pilgrims push to cross shuttered border
Amid rising tensions, Minsk offers ‘green corridor’ to allow pilgrims to go to Uman, but Kyiv insists border will stay closed amid pandemic; many blame Israel for impasse
By ToI Staff and AFP
Screen capture from video of Bratslav Hasidim at the border between Belarus and Ukraine, September 2020. (Haderim10)
September 15, 2020, 1:38 pm
At least 1,000 Hasidim said stuck on Ukraine-Belarus border in pilgrimage chaos
Red Cross provides humanitarian aid to ultra-Orthodox travelers caught in the middle of crossing, unable to proceed to Uman or turn back
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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