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

Russia kicked off substantial-scale armed forces 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 between Moscow and Western powers and a probable precursor to a Russian invasion of a smaller neighbor.

Western officers believe the Russian physical exercises in Belarus could open a achievable new vector to start an attack on Ukraine, introducing to the 100,000 troops Moscow has already deployed to the Russian-Ukrainian border. The Kremlin says the armed forces action is in response to a menace from the West to its own protection.