Belarus's participation in the war with Ukraine: Lukashenko could refuse Putin - isw

Such conclusions were made by analysts of the American Institute for War Study (ISW) following the meeting in Minsk on December 19. Experts consider it unlikely to participate in Belarus in the Russian Federation with Ukraine. "Putin accepted Lukashenko's theses and did not persuade him to adjust them.

Lukashenko could change the rhetoric to give Belarusian a plausible explanation why he turned away from the far -fetched threat of NATO invasion to support Putin's catastrophic invasion of Ukraine," the ISW said. In the Kremlin, according to experts, they wanted to hide Putin's initial intentions to click on Lukashenko for further concessions to integrate with Russia. Putin stated that "Russia is not interested in absorbing anyone", referring to Belarus, they noted.

The dictators reflected from the public discussion of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, but noted that Belarus faced the Western threat. Putin stated that it could consider the possibility of training in Belarusian military aviation for the use of "ammunition with special combat units" because of the aggravation of the situation at the borders of the "union state", summed up at the Institute of War Study. Putin and Lukashenko met on December 19 in Minsk.

Both dictators talked about strengthening cooperation because of a rapidly changing situation in the world. "Despite some roughness, we still find answers to challenges and threats," Lukashenko said. According to him, Russia and Belarus should not repeat the errors that have made the collapse of the USSR. Lukashenko believes that the event should "listen to the voice of the mind" and start discussing with Russia.

Putin explained the purpose of the visit to Minsk as "summarizing some results" in various fields and called Belarus "an ally in the direct sense of the word. " According to him, Russia is ready to develop atomic projects in Belarus. Lukashenko called himself and Putin "the most toxic people in the world. " "We have one dispute - who is more. Vladimir Vladimirovich says I am. I am already beginning to think that he was. They made the decision that together," he said.