Accidents in Ukraine sparked panic in Moscow. Putin, who had been waiting for a moment, understood that he could no longer stand on his side, either because he would have some misfortune on his head or, after Lukashenka's fall, would lose the Belarusian buffer and have NATO on his own. The more so since Brussels, in the absence of a reaction from Russia, began to act much more strongly.

Attack on the power station in Rivne gave him a perfect excuse. The Russian nuclear power plant in Desnogorsk is 80 km from the Belarussian border.
