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Those aren't puppet states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_state#Recent_and_current_examples
All of Europe works as puppet states to the US, it doesn't matter what the official book says because if they would say it out loud then Europe would realise they are being dragged into collapse by the Empire. The same can be said of Israel, you will not hear US officials admitting it, but they maintain good relations because Israel is a key political figure to keep a level of destabilisation in West Asia, Europe fulfils the same role but to control Russia.
Or they just have reasonably aligned interests and you've completely misunderstood the concept of a puppet state.
Or Belarus has a reasonably aligned interest and you've completely misunderstood the concept of a puppet state.
At least we can agree that one of us is hilariously incorrect.
They're all vassals owned by the US and they do as the US bids them to do. That much should be obvious to absolutely everyone by now..
The US has a strong economic influence, but those countries still have sovereignty and can have disagreements. Lukashenko has no option but to obey Putin or he'll be dead.
If you want to know what happens to sovereign countries that step out of line with the US, just look to Libya (highest HDI in Africa to bombed out husk with open slave markets) once it gave up its nukes at US request or Japan in the 90s (dared to have too competitive of an economy, was fiscally destroyed via US financial policy) or Iraq (US-supported against Iran, then targeted for destruction because it opposed being a US client state).
To be an enemy of the US is dangerous. To be an ally is lethal. European leaders are aware of how destructive the US and US-based transnational capital can be. They know how the system works and why their imports are so cheap. Now they're helping the US deindustrialize themselves, which would be counter to any sustainable base of power and economic position without some other leverage (generally sopaking, economic and military threat to everyone else).