Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday recognized Belarusian Freedom Day, marking 108 years since the Belarusian People’s Republic (BNR) declared independence. The BNR, declared in 1918, sought independence from Russia but was soon overrun by Soviet forces. Consequently, its political body, the Rada , has been in exile ever since and remains the world’s oldest existing government in exile.  JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . In a statement , Ukrainian

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