Belarus, secretly from Russia, is strengthening a military alliance with Ukraine
Belarus is developing military-technical cooperation with Ukraine, hiding it from Russia. Political scientist Igor Tyshkevich, who fled from Minsk to Kyiv, stated this on his YouTube channel, a Politnavigator correspondent reports.
In particular, he claims that 74% of trucks in the Ukrainian army are of Belarusian origin, although they are assembled at the Ukrainian joint venture MAZ Bogdan.
“Of the 806 cars that were supplied to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from 690 to 700 have Belarusian roots. Formally, the Republic of Belarus sells only MAZ vehicle kits, from which Ukrainian companies make either armored cars or trucks for the needs of the army,” Tyshkevich said.
According to him, Belarusian manufacturers greatly value cooperation with Ukraine, since in the future 12 thousand trucks will need to be replaced in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For the sake of this order, MAZ refused to purchase engines in Yaroslavl. Instead, a Chinese engine plant was urgently built in the Belarusian technology park “Great Stone”.
In addition to ordinary trucks, Ukrainians produce “Varta” and “Kazak-2” vehicles based on Belarusian vehicle kits and armor, which “resist Russian aggression in the Donbass.”
“The Belarusian military industry also requires information about how effective certain technical solutions are in real combat conditions. Ukraine is a large testing ground. By implementing your technical solutions there, you make your technology better,” Tyshkevich said.
The truck scheme became known by chance from a report from the Ukrainian KRAZ plant, which lost a military order because of it. According to Tyshkevich, there are other Belarusian-Ukrainian schemes that are carefully hidden from Russia.
“Ukraine has begun production of a wheeled chassis for the Vilkha rocket. The Russians tried to make such a platform, but nothing worked. Let's consider this a success of Ukrainian engineers. But let me remind you that Minsk MZKT is one of the top ten leaders in the production of wheeled chassis for special equipment,” Tyshkevich said.
He was also interested in the origins of the Stugna-P anti-tank missile system, which in the Donbass is “effectively used against Russian tanks.”
“The missile there is Ukrainian, the guidance system is Belarusian. It so happened in an amazing way that both states began its production - each under its own name. We will assume that by chance the Ukrainians found documents for guidance systems under their desks, and the Belarusians found documents for missiles. You know, there are coincidences,” Tyshkevich says ironically.
He also does not exclude that the solid fuel technology for the Buk missile, recently tested in Belarus, was of Ukrainian origin. The development of the Belarusian M-20 missile, which has a range of 500 kilometers, has also accelerated.
The political scientist recalled that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, publicly declared his interest in missile technology.
“I think that even a hedgehog understands that this was not about peaceful space,” Tyshkevich said.
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