As tensions rage, Russia launches new military drills near Ukraine, in Crimea

The Russian military says it has launched exercises involving some 6,000 troops and at least 60 fighter jets in southern Russia near Ukraine and in Moscow-annexed Crimea.

Russian news agencies quote the southern military district describing the live-fire drills as a combat readiness check, as tensions rage between Moscow and the West over Crimea.

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