Belarus’s Reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Belarus’s Reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Author(s): Anna Maria Dyner
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Belarus; foreign policy; Ukraine; invasion;
Summary/Abstract: From the very beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Belarusian authorities have sided with Russia, supporting it politically and militarily, including making its territory available to the Russian troops. In this way, Belarus is also an aggressor and, as a consequence, the EU and the U.S. have imposed further sanctions on it. Regardless of the attempts to engage in Ukrainian-Russian negotiations, Belarus will be negatively affected by the consequences of its government’s policy and the country, although formally sovereign, has ceased to be perceived as an independent entity in international relations.

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