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Russia’s Medvedev inspects military training ground for Ukraine-bound soldiers
Dmitry Medvedev’s official Telegram channel posted on Friday footage of him visiting what it said to be a military training ground at Totskoye, in Russia’s Orenburg region.
Medvedev who is deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, in a rare appearance wearing military uniform, is seen being given a tour of the training ground and then talking to officers and other members of the military.
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The Totskoye training ground, located more than 1200 kilometers (750 miles) to the south-east of Moscow, has been used by the Russian military for more than a century, including for nuclear drills.
Now it is used for building operational coordination between troops due to be sent to Ukraine.
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