Posted on 09/29/2022 3:17:16 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The defence minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov believes that Belarusian soldiers have no motivation to enter the war with Ukraine, and if ordered by their authorities to fight, they would lay down their weapons.
"I don't understand what would motivate Belarusians to consciously go to war with Ukraine, kill and die for no one knows what, even if they are officers who are under oath obliged to follow orders. If they go on the attack with their units, they could cross the Belarusian border, raise their hands, lay down their weapons and say, ‘Ukrainians, we are your syabry. [Belarusians] are not your enemies.’"
According to the defence minister, Belarus' entry into the war would mean, "just start the third lend-lease for the Ukrainians and give us [Ukrainians] Belarusian weapons this time."
"Therefore, let's just say there is a risk, but I would not overestimate it. It seems to me that the head of Belarus is looking for a balance. On the one hand, he needs to show his patron [Vladimir Putin] that he is somehow with him. But on the other hand, [President Aleksandr] Lukashenko understands that this may also be his final end," Reznikov added.
However, the minister stressed that if anything happens, Ukraine is ready to repel another invasion from Belarus.
"Our Armed Forces, the Security and Defense Sector, Border Guards, and the National Guard, we are all ready. There [on the border with Belarus — ed.] are our units. Moreover, we have already passed this invasion attempt. We know where, how, when and what spots," he assured.
Reznikov noted that the Ukrainian-Belarusian border "is mostly not available for a free walk." According to him, there are specific places where you can cross the border, but they are "absolutely known" to Ukraine and are under fire control.
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The mood of Russia's top propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov in this clip can be summed up as "Hello darkness, my old friend." He demands some victories and complains that people are running away from Russia. He also sighs. A lot. pic.twitter.com/0NNetH3hLi— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 29, 2022
But we're not talking about just a few volunteers from Belarus. We're talking about the average Belarusian soldier who simply signed up to defend his country being ordered to invade Ukraine. And it's a very fair question to ask why they would want to invade a next-door neighbor with whom they've never had any issues. It would be like us invading Canada.
As for Belarus, didn't they permit Russian troops to invade Ukraine from the north in an unsuccessful attempt to take Kiev?
It’s strange virtually nobody says anything about the Holodomor. Not sure why Stalin needed to start that but it caused a lot of Ukrainians to join the Axis powers.
Guess Stalin had no problem making enemies for no reason at all.
BTW Stalin was from Georgia.
Not many people are dumb enough to believe Russian stories about “Ukrainian biolabs are going to infect birds with a genetically engineered plague that only kills Russians.”
Cognitive dissonance? Yeah, some of them. Others might look in a mirror and see a transsexual. ;)
I don’t think you will get a reply from marcusmaximus.
—”Russia is losing the war and Lukashenko is teetering on the edge of a revolution. Sending Belorussian men off to die so Russia can profit from Ukrainian oil and gas would be enough to get Lukashenko ousted a la Ceausescu.”
All of that and Russia ended the subsidized oil that was 10% of the Belarusan economy a few years ago.
Lukashenko has been in power for about 30 years, he may believe he owns the place.
Your yellow streak is a mile wide.
Who are you attack a good man as yellow? We do need him to counter your Bolshevik baloney. You must be a part of Putin’s pedophile ring ... We can make accusations too.
I know about the Holodomor, which was perpetrated by Stalin in the 1930s. That was almost 100 years ago and the USSR is no more, so hardly the same thing. Since you’ve done some research on Ukraine, surely you learned about Babi Yar. Shows the Ukrainians in a much different light. If you prefer more recent history, look into how the Ukrainian citizens in the Donbass were treated by the Ukrainian Army for the last 8 years. It’s very enlightening.
What disinformation have I posted? I usually just comment on the ridiculous Ukrainian propaganda all of the Zelenskyy fanboys post day after day. Reality sucks sometimes, I know. 🤣
One coward defending another coward. You claim to have family and friends in The Ukraine, yet here you sit in the safety of the USA running your mouth to keyboard. If my family was being attacked and I did nothing more for them than banging my keyboard they would disown me. Yet here you sit, defending other cowards on the internet. You feel FRee to make all of the unsubstantiated accusations towards me as you can muster, it doesn't move the needle. 'Lets you and him fight' is your drumbeat and the calling card of cowards every where.
Drunk much?
I don’t claim to have family in Ukraine. I do have family in Ukraine. You claim to be in Alabama. But you’re not in
Alabama. Alabama folks are respectful of old veterans.
You write like English is your second language. You’ve never been in the military. You are a drunken faggot that cheers for the miserable eleven-time-zone country against the beautiful one-time-zone country.
But if you want to show how brave you are you can come on over to the greater Fort Benning area in Alabama and bring all your troll friends. We can meet and greet. It will be fun and violent.
Death to the invaders. Glory to Ukraine.
“the USSR is no more”
You and your fellow pro-Putin friends keep saying this and then simultaneously saying that Russia has a right to lay claim to all of the countries formerly ruled by the USSR. Which essentially means that Russia is just the USSR with a different name.
Up until recently I maintained that Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and etc. were all co-equal former Soviet Republics. But you folks have convinced me otherwise. You’ve convinced me that “Russia” is just the USSR with a different name is all.
And your argument about how Ukraine treated ‘Ukrainian citizens’ in Donbass is flawed. Putin made clear that the troops involved in Donbass were Russian forces and Russian-supported militia. None of those people would have claimed Ukrainian citizenship especially the Russians!
And at this point your argument is moot because of Putin’s corrupt referendums. These people are now all Russian invaders on Ukrainian soil. And they were Russian invaders before this.
Further, if Russia refuses to recognize the sovereignty of Ukraine then what’s with the argument about Ukrainian citizenship? How can you recognize citizenship in a country you don’t recognize?
I mean I’m sure after six bottles of vodka this all can make some sort of sense to someone but I prefer coffee.
There is so much stupid in your post it crossed my eyes. You can be anything you want to be on the internet, so no, your claims are just that, claims. Since you're a badass and all, if in fact it is true that you have family and friends in The Ukraine then you should be there not here running your mouth.
I am in Alabama. I am a disabled Army Veteran. I have and give nothing but respect with/from my neighbors. I have recently pointed out to you that you are an emotional basket case, so my suggestion to you would be to stop trying to break bad on the internet by inviting people you have never met to come to Ft. Benning Alabama (sic) so you can have fun being violent. You'd be better off working out your violence killing Russians but you don't have the stones for that much like all of you keyboard commandos.
I don't give one fk for Putin and I don't give one fk for Zelensky. I am no faggot, I don't drink and English is not only my first language it's my only language. Aside from playing Johnny Badass on the internet you're wrong in every point you attempted to make. Do you have any more stupid you want to sling my way? Maybe we can do some more of your 'Lets you and him fight' stuff. That always cracks me up!
I don’t believe you. People who have been in the military know that an army is a team. Guys in their 60s are not too much in demand unless they have a skill to teach like being a turret mechanic. But you started all the insults because YOU don’t have an argument. YOU are the so & so. I was only counter-punching. Most trolls don’t have an about page and YOU don’t have an about page.
So how can I be an emotional basket case when you started the insult avalanche. I defended a fellow FRiend that you falsely accused of cowardice. So screw you Russian troll.
Idiot. There isn't a single one of neoclowns that hasn't made an abject fool of themselves through every bit of this. You're running a proud tradition. I get it that you guys are mad today. Your President Z lost a few provinces to the Russians, I get it. Carry on.
We’ve lost nothing you Bolshevik heap of dirt. The Ukrainian Army is advancing.
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