Saturday 25 June 2022

Belarus demonstrates its backing for Putin

The firing of missiles into Ukraine from Belarus has reminded Nato and the Kyiv government that they are fighting two nations, Russia and its lackey, Belarus, led by the autocratic, Putin-loving Aleksandr Lukashenko. Seeing these two men together, Putin several inches shorter, never exactly creates confidence that the war in Ukraine is going to end any day soon. Putin and Lukashenko are the terrible twins, both unmovable from their leadership roles and both seriously anti-West and probably as paranoid as each other. As far as we know the Belarussian army is not fighting in Ukraine alongside Russian soldiers but Lukashenko is perfectly happy for Putin to use the territory of Belarus for missile attacks. The latest reports from British intelligence is that the Russians are running out of weapons to launch at poor Ukraine but I see no sign of that and just to prove Putin is keeping his missile factories working, 40 missiles were launched today at multiple targets, all from Belarus. You get the feeling Putin is more than happy the way things are going.

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