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Armoured vehicles drive along a road at the Dzhankoy checkpoint in the northern part of Crimea, Russia. On February 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine following recognition of independence of breakaway Donbas republics.
- Package: Russia Ukraine Military Operation
- Categories: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Armyansk, Republic of Crimea, Russia
- Event date: 24.02.2022
- Date published: 24.02.2022
- Author: Konstantin Mihalchevskiy
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4294x2719px, 5.8Mb
- Job-ID: 1d2515d35ea1bc05