Russia this week began huge military exercises in Crimea and along the border with Ukraine, using more than 100,000 troops – backed by heavy armor, airpower, and naval units in the Black Sea – in what many feared was a prelude to an invasion of Ukraine. Then Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he would pull back those troops.
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This handout picture taken and released by Ukraine's Security Service on April 14, 2021 shows a Security Service special troops serviceman hanging from an helicopter during a large-scale anti-terrorism exercises in Kherson region of the country.
