 Russia and its close ally Belarus hold regular joint drills between the military units amid the war in Ukraine. A part of the Russian military has already been sent from Belarus to Eastern Ukraine, Andrey Demchenko, a representative of Ukraine's border service said on Tuesday. Demchenko noted that the deployment of the next group of Russian duty forces to Belarusian territory is underway. Troops in Belarus that have undergone training are being sent to Eastern Ukraine. Their goal is to strengthen the groups there. It should be noted that Belarus and Russia have been holding joint drills since early December, some of them near the Ukrainian border.