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MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry published video on Thursday that it said showed troops and military equipment from its western military district's tank army returning to their permanent deployment bases after drills.
The ministry said tanks and armoured vehicles would travel around 1,000 km (620 miles) by rail.
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