Russia stages military drills in region by Ukraine border

Russian defence ministry released on Friday video footage of the Russian Army performing drills in the Voronezh region bordering Ukraine.

The drills footage was published on the day when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a meeting in Geneva, where questions about the potential Russian invasion in Ukraine also took place.

Lavrov once again said in a news conference that Russia has no intention of attacking Ukraine and has every right to move around its soldiers on its own territory and to carry out military drills as it sees fit.

Meanwhile, Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday, state TV reported.