With eye on Crimea, U.S. starts military drills on Russia's doorstep


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Mar 2014

WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States will signal its resolve to protect its NATO allies near Russia's borders on Tuesday with the start of the first joint military training exercises in the region since the Kremlin intervened in Ukraine.

In the Black Sea, across the water from the Crimean Peninsula where Russian military groups have seized control from Ukrainian authorities, a U.S. navy destroyer will take part in manoeuvres with Romanian and Bulgarian warships.

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