MOSCOW: Russia launched major military exercises on Thursday (Friday in Manila), with thousands of troops taking part in war games across the country, including in the annexed Crimean peninsula and southern regions near Ukraine.
More than 8,000 ground troops began drills set to last until early April in regions including southern Russia, Crimea, Armenia and the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, defense ministry officials said.
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