Russian bomber planes signal backing for Belarus as migrant crisis escalates

By Maria Kiselyova and Alan Charlish MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia took the rare step of dispatching two nuclear-capable strategic bombers to patrol Belarusian airspace on Wednesday in a show of support to close ally Belarus at a time when it is locked in a migrant standoff with the European Union. Moscow’s decision to up the ante came as the 27-nation bloc considered sanctions on Wednesday to punish Minsk for what it calls an artificially created crisis, something Belarus denies. Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said on Wednesday,…

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