Russia on Wednesday deployed more troops and fighter jets to Belarus as part of a major military exercise between the two allied nations—while also more than 20 warships of the Black Sea fleet departed their naval bases for drills in the Black Sea waters. The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement it relocated crews of Su-35S multirole fighter aircraft of the Eastern Military District (EMD) to the Republic of Belarus as part of the “Allied Resolve-2022” joint exercises that will be held in early February. Upon troops’ arrival at Belarusian airfields, the crews of the Su-35S advanced combat aircrafts “will go on air defense combat alert as part of a check of the Union State’s integrated air defense system,” the ministry said. “During the exercise, measures will be taken to strengthen the protection of the State Border to prevent the penetration of armed groups of militants, to block the channels …