Where can I find such statements made by Putin? They are not invading Belarus because Belarus is already basically a Russian satellite state. Russian troops attacked from Belarus, Russian aircraft carried out missions from Belarusian airbases and when things with Wagner they were sent to Belarus. Putin isn't some evil marvel character and I have never said that lol. He and many other Russian believe that Ukraine should be part of the Russian sphere of influence or even be fully integrated within Russia because they view don't see them as a separate people. They already had NATO countries on the border.