Russia displays air defence systems amid Ukraine tensions


  • World
  • Tuesday, 09 Dec 2014

People walk past a launcher truck which is used as a part of the S-400 air defence mobile missile launching systems in front of Russian Army Theatre in Moscow, December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia displayed its mobile air defence missile systems in central Moscow on Monday, underlining its military might amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said last week that Russia would have enough resources and resolve to protect it from what he described as enemies seeking to dismember the country.

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