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The Telegraph: Russia deploys warships near Crimea as Ukraine fires missiles in air defence drill

By The Telegraph.

Published Dec. 1, 2016 at 5:31 pm

Russia's navy ships and helicopters take part in a military exercise called Kavkaz (the Caucasus) 2016 at the coast of the Black Sea in Crimea on September 9, 2016.

Photo by AFP

Russia has put air defence units on alert and deployed warships along the west coast of Crimea after the Ukrainian military fired surface to air missiles over the Black Sea in a show of strength military that has riled the Kremlin.

The Ukrainian military fired 16 surface to air missiles in drills in its Kherson region, which borders Crimea, as it kicked off a two-day military drill on Dec. 1.