INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday backed a plan to set up joint military training centers with Belarus, with fears mounting that Minsk
could enter the Ukraine conflict to fight with Moscow.In a decree published Tuesday, Putin tasked the defense and foreign ministers to
allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory as a launching pad for its Ukraine offensive that began on Feb
24 last year.Strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko has insisted that he will not send Belarusian troops into Ukraine despite increasing
military cooperation with Russia.In October, Minsk said it was establishing a joint regional force with Moscow with several thousand Russian
