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Russia sends hypersonic-armed fighter jets to Syria for naval drills - report

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Damascus, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on February 15, 2022. Picture taken February 15, 2022. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Russia has deployed MiG-31K fighter jets with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and long-range Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bombers to its air base in Syria for naval exercises, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the defence ministry.

The aircraft dispatched to Russia's Hmeimim air base will take part in exercises in the eastern Mediterranean, part of a surge of Russian military activity amid a standoff with the West over Ukraine and security in Europe.

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