MOSCOW – Russia has staged large-scale land, air and sea drills in theannexed Crimean peninsula.
The drills which lasted three days involved around 1,5 thousandparatroopers and around 300 military hardware units including large navalships and aircraft.
The drills happen less than a week before presidential election in Ukraine.
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Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. The annexation prompted the United Statesand the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia, plunging westernrelations with the Kremlin to their worst level since the cold war. Westerncountries condemned the annexation.
