lukashenko has let russia use his staging ground for invading ukraine. they have also consistently voted are russia in the u.n. like the central asian countries, it hasn t recognized the break away donbas republics. it has ruled out sending its own troops to ukraine. think about how different all this is from the heyday of the soviet union. in moscow s misadventure in afghanistan, the kremlin would mobilize material and man power from across the soviet republics. in the sprout spring of 1968, the soviet union received military support from bulgaria and hungary. the divide between the rulers and the public in these pro-moscow states. for example, the belarus dictator depends on the military to stay in power. analysts believe if lukashenko sends his troops to die in