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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago
[-] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 16 points 10 months ago

Yeah. Lukashenko knows the war is really unpopular with his people and that supporting Russia with troops would be a death sentence for him.

That Lukashenko didn't even condem the Ukrainian counterinvasion shows how much of a minefield this war is for him.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -5 points 10 months ago

Why would Belarusians side with Russia... it aint like Russians were "nicer" to them than ukrainains, georgians, moldovans, kazakhs, balts, chenchens, jfc i am getting tired listing them. you get the vibe...

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Because Russian troops are stationed within a day’s travel of Minsk and the country depends on Russia for ocean access?

Same reason Kazakhs have traditionally supported Russia, until they got that new shipping route built that bypasses Russia entirely.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 9 points 10 months ago

Moreso, Russia has actively supported the current Belarusian government including helping to put down protests in Belarus.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Hey, please cite a reputable source for this or remove it.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago
[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Neither is credible: they also claim that the weapons were made in Russia, not that they were given by Russia. Remember the whole "soviet union" thing, where a lot of Eastern European countries still have leftover arms and ammunition from?

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

He should now stay far away from windows

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

This just in: Lukashenko officially endorses Linux!

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago
[-] Denalduh@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

He may actually be huge but anyone would look big when you're sitting next to a very small man.

[-] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

With small hands

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Wow I never realized he had such a tiny head.

[-] luckystarr@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

I reckon his border to Russia isn't defended very well.

[-] vpol@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

His country is a defence of Russian border. At least a buffer zone.

[-] taanegl@beehaw.org -2 points 10 months ago

Oooo, someone wants to be in the history books as "the guy who wanted to end the conflict."

No deal, Lukashenko. You'll always be a Boris Yeltsin knockoff, and a bootlicker, and a spineless shill, so sayeth history.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think so. I think he's worried Ukraine could do an incursion in Belarus and stir Belarussians to topple him.

[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

And he should be worried. He backed Russia. He has slept with the invader, now he can rot with him.

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