And so will HooHoo and his little puppy.According to the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War, on Saturday night Belarusian state media edited its reporting on Lukashenko’s statement, asserting that Lukashenko would only invite Russian forces into Belarus “in the event of external military threats.”
That’s cold comfort. “Lukashenko will likely increasingly frame the protests as foreign-backed to legitimize calling for a Russian intervention and in a continuing effort to separate protest leaders from the mass of the Belarusian people,” ISW explained.