Russia extends troop drills near Ukraine as violence spikes
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Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that sustained shelling along eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion.
The announcement came from the defense minister of Belarus, who said the two countries would "continue testing the response forces."
Western leaders warned that Russia was poised to attack its neighbor, which is confronted on three sides by about 150,000 Russian soldiers, warplanes and equipment. Russia held nuclear drills Saturday as well as the conventional exercises in Belarus, and has ongoing naval drills off the coast in the Black Sea.
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