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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, meet on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, in May 2026. Alexander Kazakov / Kremlin Pool / EPA

Ukraine war: Belarus’s highwire act teeters under Russian pressure

Paul Hansbury, University of Warwick

With Russia pressuring Belarus to play a more active role in the war, Ukraine is strengthening the hand of the exiled Belarusian opposition.

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