On 10 May, Belarusian General Staff Head Viktar Hulevich announced the country was facing a growing “military threat.” Minsk is worried about both the short-term danger of the war spill-over into Belarus after Putin’s failures in Ukraine and more.
Facing the possibility of the European Union introducing the fifth package of sanctions against the Lukashenka regime, Minsk is increasingly seeking to turn the "integration" agenda into an “anti-sanctions” vehicle.