Russia and Belarus are extending military drills that were scheduled to end on Sunday, the Belarus defense minister said, as shelling continues between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces in the country’s eastern Donbas region. Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said the decision to continue the exercises was made “in connection with the increase in military activity near the external borders” of Russia and Belarus and because of rising tensions in the Donbas region.Khrenin said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin decided to “to continue testing the response forces of the union state.”
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