At the critical moment, Belarus supported Putin with practical actions, and the possibility of opening a second battlefield in Belarus will not be ruled out in the future.
A few days ago, Ukraine revealed that Chernikov on their northern border had been attacked by missiles from Belarus, with about 20 missiles. In fact, we know that Belarus has been supporting Russia since February this year.
Recently, in early May, Belarusian President Lukashenko also proudly announced to the world that there is only one country in the world that openly supports Russia, and that is Belarus. Therefore, this support has always been there, but now it has become more direct military support.
Recently, Putin also met with Lukashenko and made several very important decisions. One is that in the future, Russia will provide Belarus with the Iskander-M missile , and there are two models, one carrying a conventional warhead, and the other is the nuclear warhead version, which can be adapted to cruise missiles or Is ballistic missile .
Another one is that Russia wants to help Belarus modernize its air force. Belarus now has a lot of Su-25 attack aircraft . Russia wants to upgrade all these aircraft, and then train soldiers for Belarus so that they can skillfully fly the upgraded version of the Su-25.
Therefore, military interactions between Russia and Belarus will definitely increase in the future. In addition, in the past few days, the Minister of Defense of Belarus also visited Russia. After meeting with his Belarusian counterparts, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu also made a statement that the alliance of countries like Russia and Belarus needs to further improve its military strength. improvement.
Therefore, after the defense ministers of the two countries met, the presidents of the two countries also met, and then the presidents also talked very specifically about how the two countries could have more coordinated military actions and further upgrades.
In fact, earlier, Belarusian President Lukashenko also stated that Russian nuclear warheads can be deployed in Belarus as long as Russia is willing. We know that Belarus, like Ukraine, has also been denuclearized, but Lukashenko's statement can make the outside world fully feel that Belarus fully supports Russia.
Lukashenko has no choice but to support Russia so strongly. He is also a very characterful leader, but after August 2020, because the elections in Belarus were considered by the West to be seriously fraudulent, the country fell into chaos. Under this situation, Belarus felt that it could not fight the domestic opposition on its own, let alone the Western forces behind the opposition.
Therefore, it was actually Western countries that pushed Belarus into Putin's arms, and the two now hit it off. At present, Belarusian President Lukashenko is still facing double pressure. One is the domestic opposition. Now that they see Russia's influence declining, they are even more energetic.
Another pressure is that Belarus is now subject to sanctions by many Western countries. In this case, Lukashenko can only choose one path, which is to bind more closely to Russia and improve his country's military strength as soon as possible.
In recent times, in terms of improving its military strength, Belarus, in addition to joining forces with Russia as we just mentioned, has also made some actions of its own. For example, it added a combat command in the southern region near the Ukrainian border. In addition, the total number of Belarusian troops was originally 65,000, but now it has increased to 80,000. Large-scale military exercises are also held from time to time, which is also to contain Ukraine.
Now, although in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the Russian army seems to have the advantage and the upper hand, and has just captured Severonetsk. But looking at the entire territory of Ukraine, in fact, the Russian army still has the problem of slow advancement and cannot immediately achieve a decisive stage.At this time, if Belarus and Russia cooperate to contain Ukraine, Russia will have a greater chance of victory.
Only if Russia wins, and only if Putin is still firmly on stage, in control of the NATO countries, then Belarus' life will be easier. Moreover, as the war in Ukraine drags on for longer, if Russia cannot afford to consume it, it does not rule out opening a second battlefield in Ukraine in Belarus in the future.
If the Belarusian army can participate in this war more directly, it will indeed put a lot of pressure on Ukraine, and Russia's chances of winning will increase.
