Belarus and Russia s joint flight-tactical exercises scheduled to start on January 16 are defensive in their nature and will involve reconnaissance and counterattack exercises, First Deputy State Secretary of Belarus Security Council Pavel Muraveiko said on Sunday.
training as part of their regular winter military drills. but the troop movement had raised western concerns moscow might be preparing to invade ukraine. for more on this, cnn s nick joins us now from moscow. is it panic over there, nick? reporter: i think with a new face of the assessment, have these troops gone back to base. these mobilized infantry units, special units have been on their routine winter training according to the kremlin. the u.s. hasn t said yet in their assessment whether the troops have gone back to base. that leaves the question in the minds of many european leaders at the moment, what about the remaining estimated 70 to 100,000 russian troops that are relatively close to the border of ukraine, sort of the recent concern. what s going to happen to them? are they going to phase down and
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you too. shepard: a russian fighter jet flying dangerously close to a navy spy plane. actually coming to within five feet of it. a spokesman said the navy pilot was flying legally in international airspace when the russian jet cut directly through the plane s flight path. the pentagon reports it happened over the black sea. the two planes were close for nearly three hours. north korea apparently feeling the effects of economic sanctions because its scaling back its annual winter military drills. that s what u.s. officials told the wall street journal. the newspaper with which this channel shares common ownership. they said the drills got off to a slow start and were less extensive than usual. the journal reports that could be because of u.s. restrictions on oil and fuel shipments to north korea. but analysts note those sanctions have yet to significantly affect the