For Belarus, there must be even more fear of Putin, like Tito versus Stalin. On the one hand, Lukashenko runs a real risk of becoming a puppet of Putin’s if he aligns himself too closely. On the other hand, Lukashenko runs the risk of Putin bringing the whole post Soviet dictatorship down with his crude military adventurism and reckless grandstanding. People in Belarus might wake up too to the despotic behavior of Lukashenko, especially if Putin’s excesses cause the Russians to wake up and push back.
Belarus is pretty much the puppet of the Russians. “Oh I see your having a dandy war in Ukraine, do you need some anti-aircraft systems? We’ll load them on trains for you immediately!”
Meanwhile they pretend neutrality