Today, Lukashenko blurted out the quiet part: if you happen to live near Russia, you are expected to become a puppet, or they will invade you, kill those who refuse to kneel, and destroy your language and culture. They will do everything to erase your identity and reduce you to just being a neighbor of russia.
Lukashenko chose to do it himself, to avoid the slaughter and stay in power. Fighting was never an option for a sleazy potato fuhrer.
Lukashenko:
They tried to tear us away from Russia in 2020.
Had they succeeded, we would have faced the very same situation that is currently unfolding in Ukraine.
What happened in Ukraine, a rich, powerful, and strong country, would have happened to us as well.