Yeah this is my take too. Lukashenko's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been awful and people are right to be angry about it. He basically did nothing to combat it and denied it was a serious problem at one point IIRC. This was apparently why people wanted him gone and now the police brutality has only pissed people off even more. The only problem is that this anger is being co opted to serve western interests and the workers on strike will never actually get what they want under a western client regime.