Russian military conducting large-scale exercises in occupied areas of eastern Ukraine

“The Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation steps up combat readiness of the Russian-occupation forces in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. On November 22, 2021, large-scale command and staff exercises with the involvement of the mobilization reserve, units of ‘security agencies’, and occupation administrations started in formations and units of the 1st (Donetsk) and 2nd (Luhansk) army corps," the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs.

The exercises are supervised by a commission of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian federation.

The exercises are accompanied by the intensification of the activities of the Russian propaganda media outlets to prepare new fake reports to discredit the Joint Forces units.

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