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Reuters: Russia checks Crimea air defence system as Ukraine, US start Black Sea drills

By Reuters.
Giurza-class artillery boats escort the Ukrainian Navy's flagship Hetman Sahaidachniy during the Sea Breeze exercises on July 20, 2020.
Photo by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense

Russia checked the readiness of its air defense system in Crimea, the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as Ukraine and NATO countries held military drills in the Black Sea, the Interfax news agency reported on June 29.

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