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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
Polish guards and volunteers welcome Ukrainian refugees entering Poland as the Russian invasion, now in its eighth day, has driven one million people from their homes. 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
Ukraine holds military drills in Rivne, near the Belarusian border. Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and that soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders. IMAGES
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Russia has massed over 150,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and in the annexed Crimea peninsula. SOUNDBITE
Military tank units of the Russian Black Sea fleet hold drills in Crimea. In recent weeks, Russia's massing of troops on Ukraine's northern and eastern borders, and on the Crimean peninsula it annexed seven years ago, have contributed to a sharp escalation in tensions. IMAGES