It's not 100% clear what is going on between Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States, especially what the motivations of Putin and Belarusian strongman, Aleksandar Lukashenka, are. However, if Putin is orchestrating it, he's trying to destabilize the West, because that is always his priority. As Covid ravages Russia, a little saber-rattling probably makes him feel good.
However, it's HOW Belarus and Russia are pressuring the West that's really awful. They are flying refugees in from the Middle East and then trying to release them into Poland or Lithuania. They are basically using refugees - people already suffering untold hardships - as a pawn to elicit a fierce blowback from a bunch of racist Europeans who don't want Muslims in their lands.
Very ugly.
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