Russia and Belarus will be the site of what could be the biggest military exercises in Europe in decades, which comes as Aexander Lukashenko moves to integrate Belarus even closer not only militarily but politically with Russia, triggering fears he is bargaining away the country’s sovereignty to its much bigger neighbor.
RFE/RL: Russia to show off military might, grip on Belarus during Zapad-2021 exercises
Military jets fly during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2017 (West-2017) at a training ground near the town of Borisov on Sept. 20, 2017.
