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Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina, Chercheuse au Centre d‘étude de la vie politique (Cevipol) , Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

In Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lukashenko makes for an uncomfortable bedfellow

When it comes to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, there are few greater partners in crimes than Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko. Since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, the pariah state has provided Putin with territory for the deployment of troops and military assaults on its neighbour.

So far, Belarus’s own troops have not been sent into Ukraine, but this does not alleviate the Belarusian authorities of responsibility in the war.

A historically unreliable ally

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