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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

More than 20 Russian warships leave for exercises in the Black Sea amid rising Ukraine tensions

AP

A fleet of 20 Russian warships has departed from naval bases for drills in the Black Sea, as tensions continue to mount between Moscow and Ukraine.

“The training exercise was aimed at practising the crews’ operations in the event of simultaneous threats both from the air and from the sea,” the Russian defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

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