The Government of Belarus is a close ally of Russia. Before the start of the Kremlin-sponsored offensive in 2022, the Belarusian authorities allowed the Russian Armed Forces to carry out military exercises for several weeks on its territory.
The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has stated that “the peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are possible If Western countries support the ideaLukashenko has also noted that he feared that the war taking place in Ukraine would spread to Belarusian territory and that “high-ranking people of American origin” want the war in Ukraine to continue.
These statements come after a Ukrainian incursion into Russia that began at the beginning of this month of August and in which Thousands of Ukrainian troops crossed the border western russian and entered the Kursk region.
The Government of Belarus is a close ally of Russia. Before the start of the Kremlin-sponsored offensive in 2022, the Belarusian authorities allowed the Russian Armed Forces to carry out military exercises for several weeks in its territory. A training after which the Russian troops did not leave the country, when they were supposed to finish their exercises.
So, the Minsk regime allowed Russia to carry out part of the invasion of Ukraine from its territory, offering Moscow access to a direct land route and relatively short, less than 200 kilometers, to kyiv, capital of Ukraine.
