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The exercises were criticised by the United States as provocative as relations between Russia and the West hit a post-Cold War low over the conflict in Ukraine between Kiev government forces and pro-Moscow separatists.
Bund futures were 24 ticks lower at 149.24, with 10-year German yields rising 2 basis points to 1.07 percent, having hit a record low of 1.024 percent last week.