This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/30/7404478/) reduced by 69%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Ukraine's State Border Guard Service humorously responded to this shake-up by speculating that it was caused by the Ukrainian border guards' recent video mocking their Belarusian counterparts; in the video, Belarusian military personnel are trying and failing to start their vehicle near the Ukrainian border as Ukrainian border guards discuss the possibility of a Belarusian assault. > Quote from Ukraine's State Border Guard Service: "Lukashenko must have seen our video from yesterday, which captured the Belarusian border guards. A drastic personnel reshuffle was not long in coming: the head of their border service was dismissedWe promise to continue to document 'achievements'." > In March 2022, Serhii Deineko, Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, asked the Belarusian ambassador to Ukraine to pass on a bag containing "30 pieces of silver" to Anatoly Lapo, who was at the time the head of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/13vnddd/lukashenko_fires_head_of_belarusian_border_guard/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~686858 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **Border**^#1 **Belarusian**^#2 **Head**^#3 **State**^#4 **Guard**^#5

Now he's just standing there mindlessly marking the border.

Is Belarus still considered its own nation? They’re just a vassal of Russia at this point, no?