Russia launches Belarus drills, revving up fears of Ukraine invasion

Russia rolls its tanks across Belarus for live-fire drills that draws an ominous warning from NATO and adds urgency to Western efforts to avert a feared invasion of Ukraine.

NATO says Russia’s deployment of missiles, heavy armor and machine-gun-toting soldiers marks a “dangerous moment” for Europe some three decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse.

The war games — set to run until February 20 — follow a gradual Russian military buildup around Ukraine that some US estimates say has reached 130,000 soldiers grouped in dozens of combat brigades.

A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman of the 92nd mechanized brigade takes part in live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, Kharkiv region, on February 10, 2022. (Sergey Bobok/AFP)

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