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Russia Begins Large-Scale 'Snap' Exercise
Russian forces have started a large-scale 'snap' exercise, with 12,000 troops and 250 aircraft reportedly involved.
It's a short-notice exercise aimed at testing the country's air defences, and will involve the live-firing of surface-to-air and cruise missiles.
It comes ahead of a larger exercise planned for the coming months, named 'Centre 2015', and amid continuing tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.
Cover photo courtesy of Vitaliy Ragulin via Wikimedia Commons.
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