: Why is Belarus helping Russia wage war against Ukraine? #IndiaNEWS Russia is attacking Ukraine, but Belarus, a neighbouring country, is “the other aggressor in this war�, European Union President

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Why is Belarus helping Russia wage war against Ukraine? #IndiaNEWS
Russia is attacking Ukraine, but Belarus, a neighbouring country, is “the other aggressor in this war�, European Union President Ursula von der Leyen said on February 27.One politician, Alexander Lukashenko, has ruled Belarus with a draconian hand for the last 28 years, with no interruption in power. And now, Lukashenko is supporting Russia in the war, reciprocating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent help in maintaining his own political power.Putin is using Belarus as a staging ground for his war, which has resulted in at least 500 Ukrainian civilian deaths and caused more than 10 lakh people to flee the country. Russian troops have crossed into Ukraine through the Belarusian border in the north.As an expert on Eastern Europe, I believe there are three key points to understand about Belarus’ involvement in the Ukraine war.Russian interferenceBelarus is a former Soviet republic of 94 lakh people that borders both Russia and Ukraine as well as Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. It is also Europe’s last dictatorship.Lukashenko has spent nearly three decades balancing his ties to both Western powers and Putin. But the last presidential election marked a turning point that pushed Lukashenko closer toward Putin.Lukashenko claimed victory after the August 9, 2020, election, which international experts widely consider fraudulent. Lukashenko received 80% of the popular vote, an impossibly favourable result given public discontent with his regime.An unprecedented public uprising followed,...Read more

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