BRUSSELS – Russia’s deepening integration with Belarus is presenting a fresh military threat to Western-backed Ukraine, which Moscow is trying to draw back into its orbit.
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This handout picture made available by the Russian Defence Ministry on Sept. 13, 2021 shows the "Zapad-2021" joint military drills of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at the Mulino army base in the Nizhny Novgorod region, some 350 kilometers east of Moscow.