Lukashenko doesn’t see Belarus’ further integration with Russia.
During a meeting in Minsk on December 19, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko apparently rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to force Belarus to make concessions on Russian-Belarusian integration, according to analysts from the ISW. Putin and Lukashenko have refrained from publicly discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with both leaders saying Belarus still faces a Western threat. At the same time, the ISW continues to believe that Belarus’ participation in Putin’s war against Ukraine is unlikely. Russian press secretary Dmytro Peskov