Blunting the Belarusian blade: The growing threat Belarus poses to European security
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Tue, 06/23/2026 – 10:41
10 minutes
A pawn in Russia’s war games
Although it deploys no ground troops in Ukraine, Belarus continues to undermine European security by enabling Russsia’s war of aggression. Ukraine is obliged to divert forces to secure its northern border with Belarus. Belarus hosts combat support systems such as drone control stations; its civilian infrastructure is used to map Russian drone trajectories; it provides training for Russian forces; and its defence industry, operating through sanctions evasion networks involving entities in Russia, China and the West, feeds Russia’s war effort by supplying military hardware and ammunition. Belarusian enterprises are key providers of launch vehicles for Topol-M, Yars or Iskander missile systems, services to the Russian air fleet, sighting and guidance systems, and microchips – including those produced by the now sanctioned company Integral. They may have supplied equipment worth more than €1 billion in the first three years of the full-scale war alone(1).
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