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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
Russia's ministry of defence publishes images of military drills in the Moscow region. According to the ministry, soldiers from Western military district are seen performing "combat training sessions with the involvement of tanks (...) and engineering units". IMAGES
At the border crossing in Vaalimaa, Finland, Russians arrive by bus or car, with many of them escaping the military mobilisation decreed by President Vladimir Putin. 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
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Washington is seeing "more" Russian forces moving into the Ukraine border region, despite Moscow's announcement of withdrawals. SOUNDBITE