Putin’s Allies Staying Away To Avoid Direct Involvement Amid Ukraine’s Advances In Kursk?

Ukrainian forces have reportedly occupied dozens of villages and hamlets on more than 1,000 square kilometres and captured Russian servicemen amid its ongoing incursion of Russia’s Kursk region. The stony silence from Russia’s traditional partners, particularly those in Central Asia and Transcaucasus, on the biggest incursion into Russia by a foreign power since World War Two, hasn’t gone unnoticed. Except for Belarus, the Central Asian allies of Russia including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have neither uttered a word on the invasion of the Russian region of Kursk, at least in public nor have they offered any military aid to Russia. These nations are bound to respond to such an act by a foreign power on a member state’s territory by virtue of being a part of the Collective Security Treaty (CST), a military accord they signed with Russia and Minsk.Has the surprise invasion of Russia by Ukraine forced Putin’s allies to change their allegiance? Has Kursk incursion cost Putin his friends?Watch for more details.00:00 – Introduction00:19 – Have Putin’s friends ditched him amid Zelensky’s Kursk dare?1:34 – Belarus stands by Russia3:59 – ‘No sending troops to Russia’5:02 – To seek, or not to seek help: Putin’s dilemma?6:55 – Ukraine’s allies rush to its aid