Belarus has been an ally of Russia since the beginning of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, and Lukashenko has been a staunch ally of Vladimir Putin.Since the war began, Russia has failed to overtake Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa, but they occupied many regions in the eastern portion of Ukraine."It is expected that the grouping of the enemy's troops operating in the temporarily occupied and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine will be strengthened due to the transfer of individual units from the territory of the Republic of Belarus after they acquire combat capabilities," the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said last week.The next fierce battle is likely to happen in Bakhmut, located in the Donetsk region, which is in heavily occupied eastern Ukraine."The costs associated with six months of brutal, grinding, and attrition-based combat around Bakhmut far outweigh any operational advantage that the Russians can obtain from taking Bakhmut.""