Belarus has been captured by Alyaksandr Lukashenka in a unique 1990s-style post-communist dystopia for the last three decades and, as such, poses no threat to Putin’s regime.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/08/500-days-later-it-is-clear-that-fear-of-a-free-ukraine-fuelled-putins-war-fever