Russia and Belarus are extending military exercises that were due to end today. This was announced by the Belarusian Minister of Defense, Reuters quotes.
This move further increases tensions over the situation with Ukraineas Western leaders fear an impending Russian invasion.
The Belarusian minister said the decision was made “in connection with the increase in military activity near the external borders” of Russia and Belarus, and due to growing tensions in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
USA: Russia can use the exercises in Belarus to invade Ukraine
Any scenario is possible…
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NATO warns that Russia has amassed up to 30,000 troops in Belarus and can use them to attack Ukraine. For its part, Moscow categorically denies these allegations.
Gathering of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border have raised suspicions in the West that Moscow is planning an attack on Ukraine. Although Moscow denies having such a plan, it is taking advantage of the situation to call for security guarantees from the West, which include ending a possible NATO enlargement to the east and vetoing a formal veto on Ukraine’s ability to join the Alliance.
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Jens Stoltenberg: Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine
The Alliance is monitoring the situation
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According to Russia NATO is looking for an excuse to deploy more troops and equipment near the Russian border. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims that the West has unleashed this hysteria to cover up Ukraine’s sabotage of the Minsk agreements, which lay the groundwork for a political solution to the armed conflict in Donbass.
According to the West, a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine will cause the biggest conflict since the end of World War II.
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The West refuses to offer Russia an olive branch while it gathers troops
Charles Michel: Moscow tried to divide the West, but it had the opposite effect
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Earlier today, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Russian president Vladimir Putin probably doesn’t think logically, therefore, the threat of new sanctions is unlikely to be enough to prevent a Russian invasion.
Meanwhile, the conflict in eastern Ukraine is escalating.
Earlier today, it became clear that they were committed nearly 2,000 violations of the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine for 24 hours.
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