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Russian troops hold exercises in Crimea amidst rising tensions with Ukraine over an alleged sabotage plot and an increase in fighting that threaten a fragile ceasefire. Ashraf Fahim reports.
Russia announces war games in the Black Sea and Ukraine orders military units near Crimea to increase their combat readiness, as the two countries enter heightened levels of rhetoric not seen since they fought an armed conflict over Crimea two years ago. Mana Rabiee reports.
Families fleeing the violence in eastern Ukraine cross into Russia ahead of the rollout of a planned ceasefire. Nathan Frandino reports.
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
Troops from the rebellious Wagner mercenary group are out in force in the city of Rostov-on-Don outside the army headquarters for Russia's southern military district, with passers-by stopping to look at the military vehicles. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says his troops have taken control of the headquarters, Russia's main command centre for Ukraine operations, as well as an airbase in the city, vowing to topple Moscow's top military leaders. IMAGES
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