Lets actually discuss this talking point then. I'm not afraid to do so.
Tactically speaking, why would Ukraine send a fighter into Russian-controlled northern Ukraine to fire upon Belarus, when there's a convoy of tanks roughly 10-km away from Kyiv?
We have satellite footage of where the Russian forces are. We know that the Russian-supply train has ample surface-to-air missiles, as well as an advantage in Air Fighters over Ukraine. Any such operation from Ukraine to Belarus would be extremely high risk, and very low reward (at least, low-reward compared to breaking the encirclement of Kharkiv, Kyiv, or other besieged cities).
Do you have a tactical suggestion of why an attack on Belarus is in Ukraine's favor?
Ukraine can make Russia look bad by killing Russian troops (which also has the side-effect by making those troops run away, offering more security to Ukrainian cities).
Explain to me how killing people in Belarus helps Ukraine, more so than killing the Russian invaders and further demonstrating the corruption and incompetence of Russian troops.
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We know why Russia would want to attack Belarus. Belarus originally promised to attack Ukraine, but has been holding back for some reason. Russia has clearly decided it needs to "encourage" Belarus into attacking Ukraine.
Ukraine, who already has a significant number of Russian troops to deal with, has no desire for Belarus to join the fight.
I wonder if people downvoting you realize you basically just stated a fact. It’s possible to support Ukraine while making room for the truth that there is propaganda in both directions.
Well, P(ukraine blames russia | russia did it) = P(ukraine blames russia | ukraine did it) = 1. But P(ukraine blames russia | nobody did anything) < 1. So Ukraine saying Russia did something still provides information that something happened.
This particular piece of information might not inform whether Ukraine or Russia did it, but that doesn't mean the likelihood of the two events are equal. There are other pieces of information out there.
