I’m not sure how the ‘alliance’ with Belarus is going to change anything. Their military forces consist largely of short-term conscript troops and outdated Soviet-era equipment. The most this will do is to make Russia minimally less outgunned by NATO.
Belarus has never not been a Soviet/Russian client state.
Boru
Belarus has never not been a Soviet/Russian client state.
Boru
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