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Amid reports of a referendum in Belarus approving a proposal to renounce its non-nuclear status, a US official believes Belarus is preparing to send soldiers into Ukraine in support of the Russian invasion.
The Washington Post spoke to an unnamed US administration official on Sunday evening who said the deployment could begin as soon as Monday.
It’s very clear Minsk is now an extension of the Kremlin,” they said.
