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Associated Press: Russia calls snap military drills

By Associated Press.

Published Aug. 25, 2016 at 4:26 pm

Su-25 SM attack plane takes off from an airfield during a military drill at Primorkso-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar region, on Feb. 26, 2015.

MOSCOW - Russia's defense ministry says President Vladimir Putin has announced snap military drills on land and in the Black and Caspian Seas.

The ministry said in a statement on August 25 that the drills began at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Moscow time in Russia’s southern, western and central military districts where troops have been put on combat alert.