Ukrainian soldiers on Wednesday in Verkhnotoretske, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military warned on Friday that Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east are conducting military exercises, completing a near encirclement of Ukraine by hostile forces, even as diplomatic initiatives have failed to gain traction.
The drills tested the force’s preparation for live fire operations, practicing “driving artillery, tank and armored vehicles” in field exercises, the Ukrainian statement said. The statement said some units of the force were put on their highest level of alert and that senior Russian military officers were observing […]
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