The Belarusian military began military drills on April 2 near its borders with Poland and Lithuania to the west, and Ukraine to the south, the country’s defense ministry said. Belarus regularly holds military drills, including close to its borders with Ukraine and the EU. The exercises, which the defense ministry said were intended to simulate defense scenarios in the case of martial law being implemented, will be held in the western Hrodno Oblast and the southern Homel Oblast, north of the Ukrainian border. As the exercises were underway, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said that Bel…