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.
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.