In other news, Lithuania (which has a border with Russia and Belarus) has asked the US to station US troops permanently in the country, which I think hints at a much wider game at play.<p>I suspect that Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan, along with Russia and China, are all on the same chess board somewhere at a classified location on the US East coast at the moment, and that a key piece of the puzzle that is never mentioned is Belt and Road.<p>This map may give some context to it all: <a href="https://beltroadresearch.com/the-bri-and-chinas-international-trade-map" rel="nofollow">https://beltroadresearch.com/the-bri-and-chinas-internationa...</a>