BRICS Summit (Belarus diplomacy): Belarus Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov is in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, with India’s EAM S. Jaishankar highlighting talks on trade, investments, connectivity, tourism and people-to-people links on the sidelines. BRICS (trade rules): BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration, calling for WTO reform and pushing for an immediate restoration of a fully functioning two-tier dispute settlement system, while warning against unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures. BRICS (nuclear safety): The bloc also expressed concern about attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, citing growing nuclear danger and conflict risks. Belarus–Ukraine border context: Ukraine says all border checkpoints are operating normally, even after recent shelling, as it maintains a special one-kilometer border regime with Russia and Belarus. Security spillover (Leipzig): German reporting on the failed Leipzig/Halle drone sabotage points to GRU-linked planning and a Belarusian suspect tied to the operation’s logistics route. Regional escalation (Lithuania): Lithuania’s move to remove a constitutional ban on hosting WMDs is drawing sharp Kremlin warnings, reviving fears for the Baltic region bordering both Russia’s Kaliningrad and Belarus. Culture & repression (Belarus): Andrei Kutsila’s documentary “Letters from the Silenced Country” won a Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary, spotlighting Belarusian state violence and political repression.