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Russia sends warship to Crimea and prepares S-400 missiles amid Ukraine military tensions

• https://www.dailystar.co, By Joshua Nevett

A Russian navy minesweeper ship, the Vice-Admiral Zakharin, was reportedly spotted heading for the Sea of Azov, where a maritime incident fueled tensions between Kiev and Moscow. 

Meanwhile, A S-400 "Triumph" missile defence system will be deployed for combat duty by the end of the year in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

An air defence unit of Southern Military District has started preparing the equipment to be sent by rail to a permanent base on the peninsula, the Russian military has confirmed. 

"In the near future, a new anti-aircraft system will take up combat duty to protect the airspace of the Russian Federation," Colonel Vadim Astafiyev of Russia's southern military district told news agency Interfax.

He said the S-400 underwent tests at a shooting range in southern Russia's Astrakhan Region and is now ready to be dispatched, he said.


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