Yesterday, on the tensions between Ukraine and Russia, two regional leaders felt the need to position themselves.
It went not unnoticed the appearance of Lukaschenko in uniform at the defense ministry. He reiterated his formal support for Moscow and announced a joint exercise with the Russian military near its southern border. For the first time, Minsk is issuing clearly militaristic statements towards Kiev. Lukaschenko also flogged NATO, responsible, according to him, for strengthening the military device on its western border, for engaging its army and providing cover for Ukraine.
More secluded, but not least, Ukraine's other neighbor, Erdogan, recently accused by Moscow of providing military support to Kiev. Turkey responds to the accusations, offering itself as a mediator between the parties and reiterates that it is not the aggressor in the Donbass.
Surely Lukaschenko and Erdogan are questionable characters, but both are not poor inexperienced and have felt the need to position themselves in the dispute between Moscow and Kiev, one as a faithful ally in the case of Belarus, the other in the role of the peacemaker in the case of Turkey.
These are signs that should not be ignored and show how unpredictable the situation around the Donbass can be.
Belarus will also ask Russia to place nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO moves its own from Germany to Poland.
