President Vladimir Putin has issued awards for military valor to two paratrooper units, though the Kremlin insists this has nothing to do with the crisis in Ukraine as Russian troops have "no involvement" there.
The Moscow Times: Kremlin tells presidential award for paratroopers has ‘nothing to do’ with Ukraine
Russian military troops take part in a military drill on Sernovodsky polygon close to the Chechnya border, some 260 km from south Russian city of Stavropol, on March 19, 2015.
