In Belarus a global network supplies Russia’s war machine

Moscow seems to bend the escalation of tensions against the West around the sensitive time of 9.11, what with the recent invasion of Russian aircraft in Poland and the upcoming common military exercises of Russia -Bellaro entitled Zapads (12 to 16). They tend to do the exercises with some regularity from the first in 2009. Every time the strong discussion explodes in the West for the threat of a young man who opens up against Ukraine through Belarus.

The threat has never been implemented, no doubt because other countries are involved, though in small numbers and mainly as observers. Initially, Belarus, the powerful Lucashenko is to risk his sinecure, starting with what an extremely popular warfare would be, mainly among the Armed Forces. Thus, the Zapad ritual is exactly that, a ritual, mainly as a demonstration of solidarity in the world that is not in contrast to the organization of Shanghai cooperation.

However, we must not conclude that Belarus is not a threat to Ukraine or does not help Russia’s war effort in any particular or significant way. Just the reverse. Belarus acts as a secondary arms construction center with the plants of the Chinese and Iranian weapons industry. Being difficult to watch, it is difficult to know how much of it reaches the first lines of Ukraine. Some data exist, however, attract reality.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has become a key to a web of military industrial partnerships from Moscow in Minsk, Tehran and even Beijing. Since January 2022-January 2023, 130,582 tonnes of ammunition It is sent from Belarus to Russian control. With tumors rising drastically after the complete invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, in less than three years the Belarus economy has become more and more It depends on Russia-If 40-50% of exports before 2021 to 60-70% to mid-2023, it exceeds 90% in some areas.

In addition to ammunition, military exports from Belarus to Russia include:

-Praphics and vehicles

-So industrial goods

-Mamaria

-Explosive Materials

-Radar and Optic Electronics

The two nations have reached an unprecedented level of strategic partnership in the military sphere, unprecedented from Account of President Lushenko himself at the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in March.

“The experience of the Soviet Union has confirmed this: only the powerful, economically capable states and the unions are taken seriously.

This collaboration includes regular nuclear weapons from Russia. The latest complexes of raised weapons Oreshnik have already been transferred to Belarus and will soon be in operation.

The role of Belarus extends beyond its own factories: it serves as a link, connecting Moscow with a sympathetic nations that may not want to do their transactions publicly. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia has ordered more than 2,400 aircraft from Iran, which regularly attacks infrastructure and political facilities in Ukraine

Russia is considering the possibility of creating the production of unmanned air vehicles Shared Type in Belarus. A complete Iranian UAV in Belarus helps the Russian Federation solve logistical support problems carrying aircraft from Iran. Iran refused to provide Russia weapons for the war in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the turnover of Belarus-Irania’s work increased three times as much as 2021 to 2022.

To one Meeting with Iran The first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Lukashenko gave his support to Iran against these “enemies” of Western powers. “Our answer is clear: we have to work closer to each other, work together and resist these hostile actions,” he said.

During the military parade held on April 17, 2024 on the occasion of the Army National Day, Iran presented a new version of the newly emerging Bavar-373 missile system installed in A’s chassis MZKT-791300 8×8 truck Made in Belarus.

There are no sources available to the public to determine the monetary value of weapons or military equipment negotiating between Belarus and Iran.

As mentioned over Chinese weapons construction, it also appears in Belarus.

By at least 2022, Chinese company Shenzhen 5g is intermediate for Belarus’ defense company Peleng. The engines, the sensors and the perspective from the manufacturers of Chinese, Japanese and Taiwan make their way through Peleng to Russian authorities.

THE American treasury Describes Peleng as “the exclusive supplier of fire systems for large lines of Russian tanks”.

Modern military supply chains are often a multiple and confusion product with multinational sources. Against this, 49% of Belarus of Belarus Peleng and its immediate impact on Ukrainian conflict is a rare exception. It is an unusual example of Belarus that obviously monitors his throat in a public way.

China’s collaboration on the obvious contribution from Belarus is also a rather obvious way to signal its involvement in the conflict, a long cry from its official stance on Beijing’s official attitude on neutrality.

So why such an investment in the military cooperation of Belarus? For Moscow, Belarus connects Ukrainian troops along the northern border, even if all wars from Belarus are unlikely. It manages ammunition and supplies to Russia through less visible routes, and is doubled as a safe warehouse for rockets and shells beyond the direct Ukrainian strikes, at least while Belarus remains out of direct hostilities. This storage result can also explain Iranian interests. That is, Belarus offers a place other than land for vulnerable countries such as Iran to store their weapons in a safe place (away from Israeli strikes). And of course, there is simply the question of avoiding sanctions. As a pipeline for limited components and technologies, Belarus serves as a useful way of quiet sanctions. In all these ways Belarus occupies a unique political space, a small but active and yet untouched agent in Russia’s war machine.