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In contrast to annual pompous military parades, this year Ukraine is parading destroyed Russian military equipment, in an exhibition for the country's upcoming 31st Independence Day on 24 August. IMAGES
Russian equipment and vehicles seen in the Rostov region, a region that borders the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which has recently been recognised by Russian President Vladimir Putin. 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
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
Military tank units of the Russian Black Sea fleet hold drills in Crimea. In recent weeks, Russia's massing of troops on Ukraine's northern and eastern borders, and on the Crimean peninsula it annexed seven years ago, have contributed to a sharp escalation in tensions. IMAGES
Russian Air Force pilots practice complicated combat maneuvers with helicopters and planes near the Ukrainian border. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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