Aleksandr Lukashenko is walking a fine line aimed at making sure that Belarus does not get dragged into Russia’s war in Ukraine following an ultimatum by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that hinted at Ukrainian military or covert action.

There has long been a worry that Russian escalation or miscalculation might see the Ukraine war widen into a broader European one. But what if it’s Kyiv, not Moscow, that starts…

"I think a week is enough for him to do that… If he doesn’t do it, we will," Zelensky warns.