Belarus has moved more troops and equipment to the Ukrainian border after claiming it shot down several "aerial targets" entering the country's airspace from Ukraine.
The country, a key Russian ally that has so far avoided deploying its own troops in the ongoing war between its neighbours, said it had detected and destroyed the objects on Friday night, August 9 - describing the incident as a "provocation".
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus's long-serving president and a man commonly described as 'Europe's last dictator', vowed the incident "will not go unanswered", especially after Putin's recent humiliation.
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The country, a key Russian ally that has so far avoided deploying its own troops in the ongoing war between its neighbours, said it had detected and destroyed the objects on Friday night, August 9 - describing the incident as a "provocation".
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus's long-serving president and a man commonly described as 'Europe's last dictator', vowed the incident "will not go unanswered", especially after Putin's recent humiliation.
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WW3 fears explode as Russian ally rushes troops to Ukraine's border
Russia's ally Belarus has claimed to have shot down several "aerial targets" that crossed its border from Ukraine and said it would move troops to defend.
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