A mobile air defence system near the city of Brest is part of the Russian-Belarusian exercisesSince last summer the residents of Druskininkai, a small Lithuanian spa town about eight miles from the Belarusian border, have grown used to the low growl of explosions rumbling up from the south. “It happens all the time,” said Emilia, 17. “My friends and I say it is lightning,” said Dominykas, a man in his fifties. SponsoredNow, however, the air is disconcertingly still. Yesterday about 30,000 Russian troops, backed up by ballistic missiles, air defence systems and combat jets, began their largest joint

Source: The Times February 12, 2022 01:06 UTC