Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko probably deflected Vladimir Putin’s efforts to coerce Belarus into additional Russian-Belarus integration concessions, says the Institute for the Examine of Struggle, following a gathering between the 2 leaders in Minsk on Monday.
Putin, when referring to Belarus, notably acknowledged that “Russia shouldn't be keen on absorbing anybody”. Some Russian forces are primarily based in Belarus and used its territory within the preliminary invasion of Ukraine in February. Russia additionally has strike plane primarily based in Belarus.
The suppose tank provides that Putin and Lukashenko avoided publicly discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with each leaders saying that Belarus nonetheless faces a Western risk.
The ISW has beforehand assessed that Lukashenko makes use of the rhetoric of defending Belarus's borders towards the West and NATO in an effort to keep away from collaborating within the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The suppose tank continues to evaluate that Belarus’ participation in Russia's full-scale battle towards Ukraine stays unlikely.
'Extraordinarily tough' state of affairs for Russia
Russia’s president additionally stated the state of affairs in 4 areas of japanese Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson - that Moscow claimed to have illegally annexed in September - was “extraordinarily tough”
Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian pressure concentrations in rear areas of Zaporizhia Oblast as Russian forces proceed to strengthen and set up defences within the space.
In Kherson, Ukrainian officers reported that Russian forces are pulling again some parts from areas alongside the east financial institution of the Dnipro River.
However Ukrainian officers reiterate warnings that Russian forces could also be conducting an info operation to lure Ukrainian forces right into a lure there with false claims of a withdrawal.
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