He says it because Russia has problems in the war since month. According to news since few weeks Ukraine is not only holding ground, but also regaining certain parts. Considering also the problematic economic situation in Russia, it is now not the time to join. Believe me, this guy would have said differently when Russia would be on a victor path. Lukashenko is a weasel and an opportunist.
I once read somewhere that one factor of Lukashenka’s ongoing success with Russia despite being a rather bad and costly ally and still resisting ‘unification’ with them is by him carefully keeping an image of the stupid Belarusian peasant who’s too dumb to be perceived as a threat - all while shoveling a lot of Russian money into his country and still promising Putin something he’ll never give him: his country.
This is probably the wisesed if not the only wise thing ever to come from that guys mouth.
He says it because Russia has problems in the war since month. According to news since few weeks Ukraine is not only holding ground, but also regaining certain parts. Considering also the problematic economic situation in Russia, it is now not the time to join. Believe me, this guy would have said differently when Russia would be on a victor path. Lukashenko is a weasel and an opportunist.
Drone fodder may well be a sticky new phrase
I once read somewhere that one factor of Lukashenka’s ongoing success with Russia despite being a rather bad and costly ally and still resisting ‘unification’ with them is by him carefully keeping an image of the stupid Belarusian peasant who’s too dumb to be perceived as a threat - all while shoveling a lot of Russian money into his country and still promising Putin something he’ll never give him: his country.