Analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War believe that the direct participation of neighboring Belarus in the war against Ukraine is unlikely.

The self-proclaimed president Oleksandr Lukashenko most likely refused the president-dictator of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, further integration concessions.

This is stated in a recent report

ISW.

It is noted that during the meeting in Minsk on December 19, they allegedly refrained from discussing the war in Ukraine.

At the same time, Minsk declared that they had encountered a "Western threat".

According to Lukashenka, Moscow will provide S-400 air defense systems and Iskander systems.

"Lukashenko uses the rhetoric of protecting the Belarusian borders from the West and NATO, trying to avoid participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The "president" of Belarus also used similar hints about the possible placement of nuclear weapons in Belarus on February 17 in the context of the declared aggression of the West," the report says.

In turn, the Kremlin "Fuhrer" offered to consider the possibility of training Belarusian pilots in the use of "munitions with special warheads."

Putin said that the parties also discussed the formation of a defense space.

What's more, the dictator emphasized that "Russia is not interested in absorbing anyone" when it comes to Belarus.

"Alexander Lukashenko did not go to involve Belarus in the war against Ukraine. After all, they emphasize, in this case he would have to change his rhetoric," analysts note

That is why, according to ISW, Oleksandr Lukashenko did not go to involve Belarus in the war against Ukraine.

After all, they emphasize, in this case he would have to change his rhetoric.

Putin's visit to Minsk