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https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/lukashenko-warns-of-war-if-russia-attempts-1729846029.html

"#Lukashenko warns of #war if #Russia attempts to annex #Belarus"

wait, wait, wait...

i think i just figured something out

do #fascist #strongmen like #Putin demand loyalty, offer lies in return, then betray you when it suits them?

is there a lot of fools in this world who don't seem to understand that?

is this playing out in #easterneurope, and places all over the world, including in the #usa with #plutocrats?

🤔 🤔 🤔

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Lukashenko warns of war if Russia attempts to annex Belarus

The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, in an interview with Russia's media Izvestia has threatened war if Russia attempts to annex Belarus.

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Show threadDer Zarte Kulturträger
@benroyce It is a strange way to start election campaign with no competition. Does he try to return trust of the Belarusians after he sold country to putin in 2020 and repressed people to hell?
Oct 26, 2024 at 4:20pmWeb
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@ALoiteringFlaneur

well said

yeah he's playing to an audience. whether he needs to or not is a valid question

perhaps it's just lukashenko being lukashenko

the showman

he's showing us what he thinks is the basis of his power

Show threadDmitry BorodaenkoOct 28, 2024
@ALoiteringFlaneur @benroyce Sadly, the target audience for this posturing is not just (or even not primarily) Belarusians. It is foreign leaders, including those in the West, who find it convenient to pretend that it is possible to pull #Lukashenka away from #Putin. This is a call for another round of negotiations over how many sanctions the democratic countries are going to lift in exchange for posturing and symbolic gestures.
Show threadDer Zarte KulturträgerOct 28, 2024
@dmitry @benroyce It made me remember a crazy chain of logic in Ramaswamy’s speech during the debates about throwing Ukraine under the bus to lure russia away from China.
About how delusionally fucked up some representatives of democratic states could be even in a third year of full scale war.
Yes, it is totally possible they could read into cockroach’s words sense they want to hear.