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Russia launches Mediterranean drills amid rift with Britain

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| June 25, 2021 1:03 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Friday launched sweeping maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea featuring warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles, a show of force amid a surge in tensions following an incident with a British destroyer in the Black Sea.

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