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Russian Defence ministry images show drills on the military training fields of Kuzminskiy and Kadamovskiy, near Rostov-on-Don, less than 50 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. According to the ministry, more than 2.5 thousand servicemen of the Southern Military District took part in the combat training events, about 100 T-72B3 tanks were involved. IMAGES
Ukraine holds military drills in Rivne, near the Belarusian border. Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and that soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders. IMAGES
Russia's ministry of defence publishes images of military drills in the Moscow region. According to the ministry, soldiers from Western military district are seen performing "combat training sessions with the involvement of tanks (...) and engineering units". IMAGES
The South Korea-US combined forces hold joint military drills as part of the ongoing Freedom Shield exercise. IMAGES
Images distribured by South Korea's Defence Ministry show US B-1B long-range heavy bombers and F-35 jets taking part in joint air drills with South Korea called "Vigilant Storm". The ramped-up show of force comes after a blitz of missile launches by North Korea earlier this week. IMAGES
A search and rescue operation is underway in Mykolaiv in Ukraine, after Russian forces carried out a large-scale air strike killing dozens of young Ukrainian soldiers at their brigade headquarters. An soldier who gave his name as Yevgen said it was home to about 200 of them and as military spokeswoman has said the final toll is still unknown. IMAGES