Russia’s Massive Military Drills on Ukraine Border Stir Invasion Fears

Russia kicked off huge-scale army physical exercises in Belarus on its western borders with Poland and Lithuania and alongside its southern flank in the vicinity of Ukraine, an escalation of the standoff among Moscow and Western powers and a doable precursor to a Russian invasion of a smaller neighbor.

Western officials believe the Russian physical exercises in Belarus could open up a achievable new vector to start an assault on Ukraine, adding to the 100,000 troops Moscow has currently deployed to the Russian-Ukrainian border. The Kremlin suggests the military services activity is in reaction to a risk from the West to its very own security.