The U.S. issued a warning Monday urging Americans to evacuate the country of Belarus due to an increased risk of Russian mercenaries. The warning from the U.S. Embassy in Minsk, Belarus instructing citizens to “depart immediately” and against traveling to the country comes days after Lithuania closed two of its border crossings that it shares with Belarus amid an increase in Russian forces from the mercenary Wagner Group, according to the warning from the embassy. “U.S. citizens in Belarus should depart immediately. Consider departing via the remaining border crossings with...

The U.S. Embassy in Belarus has urged all U.S. citizens in the country to “depart immediately” – and not to go to neighboring Russia or Ukraine. Americans who may have been planning to travel to Belarus are instructed not to do so, “due to Belarusian authorities’ continued facilitation of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, the potential of civil unrest, the risk of detention, and the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens residing in or traveling...

U.S. citizens in Belarus are being warned to leave immediately, repeating long-held concerns about traveling to the close Russian ally on the northern border of Ukraine. Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland are stepping up border security amid revelations the Russia's Wagner Group have been exiled in Belarus, raising red flags about the dangers of an expanded Russian war outside of Ukraine and extending to the Baltic states, The Hill reported Monday. The U.S. warning on Belarus was listed at Level 4, the highest of security warnings. "Do not travel to Belarus...