DISINFO: Belarus is buying Russian weapons to counter provocations and hostilities from Ukraine
SUMMARY
Belarus will buy Russian weapons systems worth 1 billion dollars to counter hostilities and provocations from Ukraine against this country.
RESPONSE
This is recurring disinformation about Belarus claiming that Ukraine is plotting against it.
This report fits in the narrative that, together with Poland and the Baltic states, Ukraine has turned into the springboard of special operations aimed at the destabilisation of the political and economic situation in Belarus.
However, there is no evidence that Ukraine has engaged in any effort either to provoke Belarus or being part of a wider plan to destabilise the country. The false accusations are most probably used to justify Belarus' decision to procure Russian weapons.
For further stories used by pro-Kremlin outlets to falsely engage Ukraine in a campaign to pursue regime change in Belarus and topple Lukashenka's regime in coordination with the West see here, here, here and here.