Nuclear Integration With Russia Eroding Belarusian Sovereignty

Nuclear Integration With Russia Eroding Belarusian Sovereignty

Executive Summary: Russia and Belarus conducted joint nuclear exercises in May involving Belarusian missile units and aircraft training to receive, handle, and prepare Russian tactical nuclear weapons, signaling deeper integration of Belarus into Moscow’s nuclear command structure. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has increasingly functioned as a Russian military and hybrid operations staging ground, shifting the line of s…