Lukaschenko schaltete drei Tage nach Selenskyjs Ultimatum die Relais ab, die russische Drohnen in die Ukraine lenkten, während Putin Berichten zufolge drohte, die Finanzierung von Minsk zu kürzen, um sie am Laufen zu halten
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/26/ukraine-decimates-russian-logistics-bringing-chaos-to-crimea
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The interesting part isn’t the equipment, it’s where Lukashenko ended up standing. On June 19 Zelensky gave him a week: remove the four relay stations in Gomel and Brest that guide Shahed drones into Zhytomyr, Rivne and Volyn, or Ukraine takes them out. The stations went dark on June 22. Three days, not seven.
At the same time, per the Wall Street Journal, Putin was reportedly threatening to cut financial aid to Minsk if Belarus didn’t keep letting Russian drones operate from its soil. So Lukashenko had pressure from both sides and folded toward Kyiv’s first. That’s the data point: the Ukrainian threat outweighed the Russian one, at least this round.
Worth being precise about what Belarus is here. This isn’t a neutral country caught in the middle. The 2022 invasion’s northern axis toward Kyiv ran straight through Belarusian territory, and ISW now describes Belarus as „effectively a cobelligerent.“ The relay stations are a military function on cobelligerent soil, which is exactly why Ukraine framed them as a legitimate target rather than an escalation. The „neutral Belarus“ posture is the bluff, and Lukashenko blinking on a three-day timeline is what calling it looks like.
Caveat: the equipment can quietly come back. Ukraine’s opposition contacts say it’s resurfaced before. So this is leverage demonstrated, not a permanent shift. But the signal is that Minsk now weighs a Ukrainian deadline as heavier than a Kremlin one, which is new.
“Hmm, should I work with less money or get a flamingo missile through my bedroom window?”
If it came to war, Ukraine has a good chance of ending up in Minsk.
Slava Ukraine!
Honestly the fact Lukashenko has been able to keep up this dance for this long is kind of impressive.
Perhaps he knows that Zel doesnt play with empty hands
Sounds like Zelensky has some cards…
How much funding does Belarus get from Russia? Has there been a disruption? I’m wondering if that is substantial leverage or not.
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