The Russian Incursion No One Is Talking About
While the world watches Ukraine, Moscow is making moves in neighboring Belarus, too.
by Yasmeen Serhan
Feb 22, 2022
4 minutes
Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET on February 22, 2022
In the space of , Vladimir Putin has effectively managed to transform a former Soviet state into an extension of Russian territory, in full view of the United States and Europe, without firing a single shot in the country. This isn’t unfolding in Ukraine but neighboring Belarus, which has served as a home for Russian troops and military hardware since the start of the year, ostensibly because of planned drills between the two countries’ militaries. Over the weekend, the Belarusian government that the 30,000 Russian troops on its soil—Moscow’s largest deployment on Minsk’s territory since
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