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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia testing air-defense systems in southern Astrakhan region

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Russian forces are testing long-range antiaircraft missiles from the Ashuluk air base in the southern Astrakhan region.
Photo by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Russia's Defense Ministry said on August 20 that it is conducting more military exercises in southern Russia as fighting intensified in neighboring Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. 

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