Boris was arrested in January 2024 and convicted that spring on several criminal charges, including "insulting government officials and Lukashenko" and "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order." The court sentenced him to imprisonment.
As of the beginning of December 2025, he was in the hospital at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 undergoing surgery .
On December 13, 2025, he was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
