hahah well perhaps the bromance is still well and alive!

But are probably right; there is mostly self-interest involved from both parties as they increasingly isolated (perhaps the most isolated they will ever be).

Lukashenko seems all talk and no game. But he’s also shown that he is quite the irrational actor, so who knows how delusional he would be with how much the Belarusian public would go with the invasion.

Acute observation from you, thanks for sharing!