Is Vladimir Putin ready to play the Belarusian card again?

Putin is no longer making any progress in the Donbass [southeastern region of Ukraine]. He lost about a thousand men a day. So he's probably looking for alternatives. As there is no real option in the south, he is left with the north and therefore Belarus," said Tim Willasey-Wilsey, a former diplomat and associate at RUSI, a British think tank specialising in defence and security... "Lukashenko's reluctance is another problem. He was never really very enthusiastic about helping Russia, even if Putin can force him to get more involved. Lukashenko still remembers the 2020 protests and therefore remains worried about his position on the domestic front."