Christian Smith

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Talking Geopolitics · The Russians Must Decide · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

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Well, there are other options available to them.

As you mentioned earlier, George, Lukashenko, President Lukashenko of Belarus was in Moscow for talks in recent days.

There is also a suggestion that Russia might decide to call up hundreds of thousands of reservists who have not yet been used to throw them into the front line.

looking at both those options, I suppose, but I mean, Belarus, they have stayed out of this despite effectively being a puppet state of Russia.

Do you think that they could be on call?

But it's interesting at the moment that Trump is being asked by Ukraine and Europeans to license Patriot missiles being produced in Europe, which they're currently not able to do for licensing reasons.

It'd be interesting to see if he allows that and the businesses in the U.S.

allow that.

But look, just on Lukashenko, on one more point, I mean, as you say, it would be hard to do.

It would take months.

But if Putin's desperate, what's to stop him saying to Lukashenko, you better do this or else?

And then what's to stop Lukashenko then saying yes?

Well, as you said, George, the next few weeks will be critical.

Let's leave it there.

Thanks, as always, for being on the podcast.

Thanks out there for listening.

We'll be back again next week with another podcast from Geopolitical Futures.

But until then, you take care and goodbye.

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