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Details: ISW said that while Russia has not yet completed its attempt to de facto annex Belarus, it has already reached stages that pose a threat to the security of the United States, NATO, and ...

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The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to prepare a strike on NATO countries.

adding that it wants to leverage the Belarusian population and location on NATO's eastern flank. The ISW said the Kremlin will leverage its gains in Belarus to offset costs from the war in Ukraine ...

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ...