The Belarusian government said these exercises that were due to end today would continue because of what it called an aggravation of the situation in eastern Ukraine.
The fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine adds to the aggravation: a shift away from Russian energy supplies has raised costs in Europe, further harming its industries.
Adding it all together— our feeling of never having enough time, the chronic aggravation caused by technology, and our endless, diffuse sense of stress— we become time bombs waiting to explode.