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UKRAINE CRISIS: RUSSIA BEGINS MILITARY DRILLS IN BELARUS

NATO has described the latest drills as Russia's biggest deployment to Belarus
since the Cold War. Meanwhile, the US military's most senior uniformed leader
spoke with the head of the Belarusian armed forces.



Russia is engaging in military drills in Belarus amid tensions over troop
buildup near Ukraine

Russian and Belarusian forces are starting a 10-day large-scale military
exercise in Belarus on Thursday.

The drills come amid rising tensions over Russia's buildup of troops near its
border with Ukraine.

NATO has described the "Allied Resolve drills" as Russia's biggest deployment to
ex-Soviet state Belarus since the Cold War.

US General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, spoke to his
Belarusian counterpart, Maj. Gen. Viktor Gulevich, on Thursday, the Pentagon
said. 

In a release, the Pentagon said, "The phone call facilitated communication
between both leaders to reduce chances of miscalculation and gain perspectives
on current European security."

The release concluded that the two sides had "agreed to keep the specific
details of their conversation private."


WHAT IS THE SCALE OF THE DRILLS?

According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the drills will take place at five
military training areas over the course of 10 days, mostly in western and
southwestern Belarus, near the country's borders with Poland and Ukraine.

It is unknown how many troops are taking part in the drills.

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Moscow Carnegie Center researcher Artem Schreibman wrote that "there had never
been such a large number of Russian military personnel on Belarusian soil in the
entire post-Soviet period." NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg estimated
the number of troops as being around 30,000.

Carl Bildt, former Swedish prime minister and co-chair of the European Council
on Foreign Relations, told DW the buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine "is the
largest such buildup we have seen in Europe for decades."

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CARL BILDT: 'ONE SHOULD BE HOPEFUL, BUT ONE SHOULD ALSO BE REALISTIC'

It is unclear whether nuclear weapons would be part of the drills. According to
Russia's Defense Ministry, shortly before the military exercise started
medium-range strategic bombers were on patrol over Belarus.

Wolfgang Richter, a military expert at the German Institute for International
and Security Affairs (SWP), told DW there was nothing unusual in such patrol
flights: "the US does this as well, these are political signals." He added that
such flights are normally carried out without the involvement of nuclear
weapons.

"Iskander-M" rockets, which NATO says were brought to Belarus, can also be
equipped with nuclear weapons. Richter pointed out that in Russia these weapons
have so far been equipped with conventional weapons.




WHAT ARE UKRAINIAN AND NATO MOVEMENTS?

Ukraine is starting military exercises on Thursday in response to the drills in
Belarus.

Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said this week Ukrainian training would also
run from February 10 to February 20. Ukraine has not reported the number of
military personnel and weapons involved in its exercises.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said her country would send US-made
Stinger missiles to Ukraine in the coming days while on a visit to Kyiv Thursday
ahead of a trip to Berlin to meet the German Chancellor.

On Twitter, Simonyte wrote, "I hope and sincerely wish that Ukraine never has to
use them." 



An additional 350 British troops arrived in Poland on Thursday, British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson said following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister
Mateusz Morawiecki.

After the meeting, Morawiecki said Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to
"tear NATO apart."

The new deployment of 350 troops adds to the 150 troops the UK sent last
December when Poland was confronting a migrant crisis provoked by Belarus on its
eastern border.

Britain has also ordered 1,000 additional to be "put at readiness in the UK to
support a humanitarian response in the region should it be needed," the prime
minister's office said.

In the meantime, the UK is nearly doubling its NATO deployment in Estonia from
900 to 1,750.

Last week, US President Joe Biden approved the deployment of additional forces
in eastern Europe. Under the plan, the US will send about 2,000 troops to Poland
and Germany, and 1,000 will move from Germany to Romania.

Many Western analysts do not see NATO troop deployments to eastern Europe as a
direct defense of Ukraine.

"In terms of numbers, this is a symbolic show of resolve that NATO is united and
will defend its members of attacked," Kurt Volker from the Center for European
Policy Analysis told DW. "For Ukraine, we’ve provided arms and training but we
are not providing direct forces, nobody is."




WHAT ARE THE REACTIONS TO THE DRILLS IN BELARUS?

The US described the exercises as "escalatory."

"As we look at the preparation for these military exercises, again, we see this
as certainly more an escalatory and not a de-escalatory action," said White
House spokesperson Jen Psaki.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement that "the
accumulation of forces at the border is psychological pressure from our
neighbours."

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that all diplomatic channels must
be pursued, but allied forces must be prepared to act if Russia invades Ukraine.
"The task is that we ensure security in Europe, and I believe that will be
achieved," he said after talks with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter radio that the
maneuvers in Belarus were "extremely large."

"This is a very violent gesture that concerns us," Le Drian said.

Moscow and Minsk deny that the drills could serve as cover for an invasion of
neighboring Ukraine, and Russia has said it has no intention of establishing a
permanent deployment in Belarus. Belarus' General Staff announced that Russian
military personnel would leave the republic after the drills, and Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov that "the troops will return to their bases."

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that the drills were being held for
the "military security of both countries and the fight against terrorism."

According to Carl Bildt, Russia is attempting to "change the entire European
security order."

Tensions around Russia's military buildup near Ukraine have launched a flurry of
diplomatic activity, with talks among different European countries continuing
Thursday.

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GERMANY'S OLAF SCHOLZ IS IN WASHINGTON AMID UKRAINE CRISIS

Olaf Scholz is in Washington for the first time as chancellor at a time when a
major international crisis has exposed a difference of opinions. But some say
Scholz and Biden may actually have much in common.  


BIDEN PROMISES NO NORD STREAM 2 IF RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

US President Joe Biden has said there is no chance of the Nord Stream 2 gas
pipeline project going should Russia mount an offensive. Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
on his first White House visit in office, was more guarded.  


RUSSIA DOESN'T WANT TO ESCALATE UKRAINE CRISIS, MACRON TELLS ZELENSKYY

In a visit to Kyiv, Macron said he secured assurances from Russia's Putin that
Moscow "won't be initiating an escalation" in the conflict. Ukraine's Zelenskyy
voiced skepticism, saying that concrete steps are needed.  

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