President Lukashenko stated that Belarus would be forced to react militarily to any Polish annexation of western Ukraine. The stated reason is that Belarus is already surrounded by NATO members in the [[Baltic states]] and [[Poland]] on east and west, and he cannot allow the Belarus to be strategically compromised from the south as well. Poland had been promised to be rewarded with annexation of western Ukraine for its support in the NATO war in Ukraine. Belarus would be forced to react militarily to any Polish annexation of western Ukraine. Belarus cannot allow itself to be strategically compromised from the south as well. | President Lukashenko stated that Belarus would be forced to react militarily to any Polish annexation of western Ukraine. The stated reason is that Belarus is already surrounded by NATO members in the [[Baltic states]] and [[Poland]] on east and west, and he cannot allow the Belarus to be strategically compromised from the south as well. Poland had been promised to be rewarded with annexation of western Ukraine for its support in the NATO war in Ukraine. Belarus would be forced to react militarily to any Polish annexation of western Ukraine. Belarus cannot allow itself to be strategically compromised from the south as well. |