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Belarus
IS BELARUS AT WAR? Backing a war
Not directly. Belarus is not fighting in any war WWIII.report tracks, but it is involved in one: Russia – Ukraine War (territory and airspace used for the invasion). It is a party to 2 of the 9 conflicts WWIII.report tracks.
- Role
- Territory and airspace used for the invasion
- Side
- Russia and its backers
- Facing
- Ukraine
Latest Ukrainian drones struck the Redkino Experimental Plant producing cruise missile propellant and ignited the Yug Rusi oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don. Kyiv Post · 9 Oct 2026Ukraine Strikes Russian Missile Fuel Plant, Oil Depot, Yandex Data Center as Moscow Claims 505 Drones DownedThe New Voice of Ukraine · 9 Oct 2026Ukrainian forces strike Russian Pantsir-S1, drone launch site and ammunition depots – General StaffThe Kyiv Independent - News from Ukraine, Eastern Europe · 10 Oct 2026Major fire reported at oil terminal linked to Russia's Novoshakhtinsk refinery after suspected drone strike
- Role
- Russian staging
- Side
- Russia and its partners
- Facing
- United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, Türkiye and 5 more
Latest Lithuania's Seimas voted 106 to 18 to advance removing constitutional prohibitions against weapons of mass destruction. LRT News · 9 Oct 2026Lithuania moves to lift constitutional ban on nuclear weapons: What it means
COMMON QUESTIONS
Is Belarus at war?
Not directly. Belarus is not fighting in any war WWIII.report tracks, but it is involved in one: Russia – Ukraine War (territory and airspace used for the invasion). It is a party to 2 of the 9 conflicts WWIII.report tracks.
Which conflicts is Belarus involved in?
Belarus is a party to Russia – Ukraine War (territory and airspace used for the invasion, on the side of Russia and its backers) and Russia – NATO Tensions (Russian staging, on the side of Russia and its partners).
Is Belarus a nuclear power?
No. Belarus has no nuclear weapons of its own.
How dangerous is Russia – Ukraine War right now?
Its war index is 96.6 out of 100 today, total war, in the war phase. The index is a stage, not a probability, and is reassessed every day.
- Conflicts
- 2 of 9
- Highest index
- 96.6 Russia – Ukraine War
- Nuclear-armed
- No
- NATO member
- No
- UN Security Council
- Not permanent
- France 2
- Germany 2
- North Korea 2
- Poland 2
- Russia 2
- Ukraine 2
- United Kingdom 2
- United States 2
- China 1
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- Finland 1
- Iran 1
- Latvia 1
- Lithuania 1