Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills Thursday despite concerns in Western countries that Moscow is plotting a major escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, APA reports citing the Moscow Times.
The exercises, scheduled to continue until Feb. 20 in Belarus, had begun and would center around "suppressing and repelling external aggression," Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Soldiers would practise beefing up sections of the Belarus border to block the delivery of weapons and ammunition into the country, among other scenarios, it said.
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