Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Paul Goble: Putin making Belarus into base for attacking Kyiv, Minsk analyst says
A picture taken on Sept. 26, 2013, shows a Russian-built BTR-82A amphibious armoured personnel carrier lands on the seashore during a joint military exercises of Russian and Belarus troops at the Khmelevka firing range in the Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad.
Even as Moscow appears to be reducing its military actions in southeastern Ukraine, a "reduction" that is at least in part a disinformation campaign, Putin is making Belarus into a base for attacking Kyiv. The appearance of more Russian "little green men" in Gomel last week prompted some Ukrainians to ask whether the Kremlin was planning to stage a Novorossiya-style move into Belarus, notes Natalya Radina, the editor of the independent Belarusian site Charter97.org.
