President Donald Trump said on Sunday that negotiations with Belarus had led to the release of political prisoners and called on President Alexander Lukashenko to free the roughly 1,300 detainees who remain in custody. In a series of Truth Social messages—one of them the single-word post “Bela”—Trump thanked “Belarus and its powerful leader” for cooperating. Allies of the president said Minsk freed 14 prisoners on 21 June following a meeting between Lukashenko and Trump’s special envoy, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, and released another 16 in the weeks that followed. Neither the Belarusian government nor U.S. officials have issued public statements confirming the numbers, and details of any further releases have not been independently verified. Trump provided no information on possible concessions but said he hoped Lukashenko would extend amnesties to the remaining 1,300 inmates.