The combat crews of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system the S-400 air defence system deploying at the training ground in the Brest region, Belarus, as part of final preparation for the start of large scale military exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday February 9, 2022. Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills Thursday Feb 10, 2022 that had raised concerns in Western countries with fears that Moscow is plotting a major escalation in the conflict in Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement that the exercises scheduled to continue until Feb. 20 in Belarus had begun and would center around suppressing and repelling external aggression Russia and Belarus Joint Military Exercise, Brest, Belarus - 10 Feb 2022,Image: 661381747, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Profimedia

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 11, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Independence square, UKRAINE - Tens of Thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Shevchenko Park in Kyiv and marched to Maidan Square in united and anti-Putin protests after tensions reached boiling point BACKGRID UK 12 FEBRUARY 2022,Image: 661815887, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: GV, General View, Credit line: Profimedia

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