Russia deployed strategic bombers to Belarus’s airspace amid escalating tensions between Belarus and Poland over a surge of migrants at their shared border
MOSCOW—Russia deployed strategic bombers to Belarus’s airspace on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions between Belarus and Poland overat their shared border and the positioning of several thousand Polish troops on the European Union’s eastern flank.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that two long-range Tu-22M3 bombers carried out patrols in the area and an inspection of the air-defense system of the Union State, an alliance that binds Russia and Belarus together in various areas ranging from the economy to defense.
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