The Belarussian people don’t want to be involved in this war. We have quite a few Belarussians in Poland - yes nearly all of them ran from the country as they can’t stand their dictator Lukashenko.
all of them oppose the war.
The military in Belarus is also incredibly weak - Lukashenko did that to prevent any coups. He has a group of bully militia’s to prevent coups, but the military itself is basically a weakly armed battalion.
Even if they WANTED to, they couldn’t invade Ukraine.
Early in this war it appeared the people of Belarus really didn’t want Russia attacking from their territory. It was reported that Belarusian railway workers were sabotaging the Russians whenever they could. That may be one reason Putin pulled out of the Kiev attack and moved his forces out of Belarus and to the east.
Lukashenko may be having thoughts about what happened to Ceaucescue in Romania
You are right. Our foster daughter and her husband are in Belarus and very much want to leave legally. Right now the next visa appointments in Warsaw are for fall of 2023!