The dynamics in play between Belarus and Russia are not as simple as a lot of people ( including me )thought. While firmly in the Russian sphere of influence, if Belarus was truly a completely captive puppet state then Putin would have thrown their troops at Ukraine years ago.
I think there’s no question he could have. I suspect he chose not to, to avoid the optics of having another country have to come and bail his 3-day special operation out.
Belarus has said since the start of the war that they won’t send troops, so nothing new. It also makes sense, since they’re both a buffer zone between Russia and NATO, and they’re awfully much in strike range of Ukrainian aerial attacks.
How’d he get permission for that?
The dynamics in play between Belarus and Russia are not as simple as a lot of people ( including me )thought. While firmly in the Russian sphere of influence, if Belarus was truly a completely captive puppet state then Putin would have thrown their troops at Ukraine years ago.
I think there’s no question he could have. I suspect he chose not to, to avoid the optics of having another country have to come and bail his 3-day special operation out.
Belarus has said since the start of the war that they won’t send troops, so nothing new. It also makes sense, since they’re both a buffer zone between Russia and NATO, and they’re awfully much in strike range of Ukrainian aerial attacks.
Yes but Luka is owned completely and totally by Pooty-poot, so he wouldn’t announce that if it hadn’t been vetted, right?
How can they be a buffer zone if Russia can use them as base for attacks anytime they want?
Buffer zone for Russia, not for NATO
So they sending troops to support Russia don’t change the status quo