China Holds Joint Exercises with Belarus and Russia near Ukraine

"China sent troops to Belarus for a training exercise for the first time  conducting an exercise called “Eagle Assault” near the Polish border that simulated capturing an airport. Belarus, already firmly in Russia’s orbit, is cultivating closer ties with China after joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a security association that Beijing and Moscow touted as an Eastern-led alternative to NATO. Belarus became the first nominally European member of the SCO on July 4." Breitbart