The Russian navy will hold snap live-fire drills in the Black Sea today as the first of two US warships is expected to arrive, the military has announced. New footage today also showed Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on manoeuvres - while Ukraine also conducted naval exercises off Crimea. Stationed alongside the Russian troops are tanks, artillery, armoured personnel carriers, anti-aircraft missile systems, landing craft and artillery boats. It brings the total number of Ukrainian troops killed in the region this year to 29. Ukraine says Russia has accumulated 41,000 troops at its border with eastern Ukraine and 42,000 more in Crimea.

Source: The Nation April 14, 2021 11:07 UTC