angella merkel and president macron who talked to putin before this emergency summit in brussels know this and they let him know that they want to avoid this at all costs and the cost for putin would be high because it would be even more dramatic, really bad sanctions, economic sanctions against russia. that would put the european union and russia in full confrontation mode and nobody wants. putin is boxed in, which is not in a good position for him to be in. on the other hand, the european union is trying to give the appearance we will just accompany this. we want dialogue to possible. we will not actively interfere, because they do acknowledge that belarus has been firmly within russia's political atmosphere during the last decade. they are hoping for the best and