Education & Mobility: Poland says 10,710 Belarusian students studied in Polish higher education in the 2025/26 winter semester (as of Dec 31, 2025), with the biggest groups at the University of Warsaw (490), Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (486), Adam Mickiewicz University (453), Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (405) and Jagiellonian University (391); at least 566 were in medical universities and 54 Belarusian researchers worked in Poland. Diplomacy & Tech-Adjacent Deals: At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, PM Modi met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussing defence, space, nuclear energy, technology and innovation, alongside a UAE-backed $11.5B greenfield aluminium project in Odisha. BRICS Business & Payments: Iran’s Pezeshkian urged BRICS to build a resilient trade network and expand national-currency use, pushing “operational cooperation” and diversified payment channels. Belarus in BRICS: Belarus FM Maxim Ryzhenkov arrived in Delhi for the summit as Belarus remains a BRICS partner country. Security & Supply Chains: Ukraine’s military intelligence displayed foreign components used in Russia’s weapons production, including items linked to Belarus, at a sanctions-focused forum in Kyiv. Belarus-Linked Security Claim: German reporting says suspects behind a Leipzig drone attack include a Belarusian citizen (Andrei Ka) tied to the GRU-linked planning network.