Russia extends military exercises with Belarus over tensions

Moscow, Feb 20 (EFE).- Belarus said that it Moscow and Minsk have decided to prolong the Russian military presence in Belarus past the joint maneuvers by the two countries’ armed forces, exercises that were scheduled to end Sunday but which Moscow has said it was extending due to increasing tensions in the breakaway Donbas region …

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