Vladimir Putin Oversees West To Stay Clear Of Russia’s ‘Red Lines’ Epic Naval Drills.

Vladimir Putin Oversees West To Stay Clear Of Russia’s ‘Red Lines’. The Russian military has conducted massive drills in Crimea involving dozens of navy ships, hundreds of warplanes and thousands of troops in a show of force amid tensions with Ukraine. The manoeuvres were described as the largest since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and threw its weight behind separatist insurgents in eastern Ukraine.
The exercise comes amid increasing violations of a ceasefire in Ukraine’s east and a massive Russian troops build-up on the border with Ukraine that raised Western concerns. Crimean manoeuvres involve more than 60 ships, over 10,000 troops, around 200 aircraft and about 1,200 military vehicles.
Vladimir Putin warned the West not to cross Russia’s “red lines”, saying Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations and those responsible would regret it.