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 due to the Belarusian authorities' continued facilitation of Russia's war against 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 to Belarus," the advisory read.
