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A week after Belarus announced it was deploying reinforcements to its border with Ukraine, the government in Kiev has confirmed that troops are assembling along the border with its neighbour. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said fresh units with tanks, artillery and air defence were observed in the Gomel region of Belarus, calling on those responsible in Minsk “not to make any tragic mistakes for their own country under pressure from Moscow.” It also called on Minsk to withdraw their troops to an appropriate distance from the shared border area. At the same time, Kiev said it was not planning “any …

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