Posted on 03/05/2022 7:15:40 PM PST by Zhang Fei
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that the Belarusian armed forces were not taking part and would not take part in Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at tbsnews.net ...
In Afghanistan, Russia cried uncle after an officially-reported 13,000 dead. That was a Russia with almost 2x the population and a government with coercive powers foreign to the current regime. My guess is Russia’s uncle point is will arrive in months, especially given the tempo of losses in Ukraine dwarfs the desultory rate characteristic of Afghan warfare. During Iraqi Freedom, the invasion cost 172 Coalition lives over 6 weeks. The Russians have already admitted to 500 dead in the course of 1 week.
The great side benefit of the EU's relatively open borders for Ukraine is the possibility that Russian deserters can be funneled there. These deserters would presumably get the standard EU refugee stipend while applying for asylum and waiting for their families in Russia to join them.
* Russian losses are low compared to WWII, but this isn't WWII. In WWII, the Russians were threatened with literal extinction. The Nazis literally wanted to kill them all, and starved 2/3 of the Russian POW's in their custody to death, in addition to engaging in killing rampages against millions of Russian civilians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Plan
Whereas other Russian wars have triggered mutinies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Russian_Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution
Lukashenko needs to be hanging upside down from a gas station.
Only problem is, if it happens, most likely the Russians will occupy Belarus.
Never trust a BeloRussian.
Everyone was counting on them slaughtering the Ukrainians, and then they pull this!
Belarusian forces are there but fighting for Ukraine, maybe that has something to do with it.
One interesting aspect of this refugee crisis is no refugee camps. Private citizens are driving to the Poland-Ukraine border from all over Europe and lifting civilians out of Putin’s murderous gun sights.
Putin’s rat has scurried away. Which he has done repeatedly after agreeing to do something Putin wanted him to do but that he viewed as inimical to his interests. May be a good sign regarding which way the wind is blowing.
Just be thankful that that this method of escalation is off the table for now.
Problem is that they already took part. Same goes for Kazakh forces. Another thing is that there arent many actual Russians taking part either, lots of central Asians though.
Another possibility is that Putin wants Belarus to host Minsk II, and to have sanctions lifted on it so he can trade with the west, similar to 2014.
Putin is keeping avenues open within the CSTO to trade and do transactions with the West, as some won’t go through the Chinese systems.
Oh not so fast. Lindsey g is on the job. JB is in the basement and here he comes. Whatever his motivation is.
He’s a puppet.
I think you nailed it. Now that Kiev is in a stranglehold, Russia doesn’t need Belarus’s troops in the Ukrainian operation. But Russia might need its ally’s help afterward, when Minsk’s clean hands may be beneficial.
Benito Lukashenko.
Because they are actual refugees, fleeing an invading Russian army. Their not just people fleeing a s#!+hole country looking for welfare and handouts that will drag their hosts into the sewer.
WAIT,,,WAIT,,,,KAMALA TO THE RESCUE GOING TO POLAND NOW!!!!
Belarusian forces will not take part in Ukraine, they will take part in the Poland invasion.
What do the belarussians have against The Ukranes?
What did Italy have against France when Mussolini “plunged the dagger into his neighbor” in 1940?
I am sorry for the sons of russia and their mothers but I am not sorry they are dead if that is what it takes to repel this naked aggression of Ukraine.
There is no excuse for the attack. None.
Kill more russians. Long live Ukraine!
Putin is to blame for every death in this war, Ukrainian and Russians alike.
It's only two weeks and it wouldn't surprise me that at least 5,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in action. Another two weeks like this, it'll be over 10,000. May be twice that number, especially if Russian forces enter Kiev.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.