Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
and does Belarus have nukes?
what prevents western nations from dealing definitively with Belarusian forces?
It wouldn't surprise me if Putin doesn't consider Belarusian forces to be an extension of the RF forces albeit slightly more expendable. As such he would would consider an attack on them would be an an attack on him.
That's not to say I don't think sending Putin a message by making an example out of Lukashenko would be a bad thing.