Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of his security council today, amid continued warnings from the West that a Ukraine invasion is now just days away
* Russia will carry out wide-ranging drills tomorrow that will involve live-firing ballistic and cruise missiles
* Ground forces in Crimea and Ukraine border near Donbass, as well as Black Sea naval units, will be involved
* Drill, overseen by Putin himself, will test 'reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces'
* Comes as defence ministers meet in Munich for a security conference seen as one of the last hopes of averting a conference - though Russia is not sending a delegation for the first time in years
Russia will hold a major nuclear drill tomorrow involving live-fire exercises of ballistic and cruise missiles including around Crimea and the Black Sea, the Kremlin has announced.
The exercise, which will be overseen by Vladimir Putin himself, will involve Russia's aerospace forces, its strategic missile command, Northern and Black Sea fleets and the Southern Military District - which covers Crimea and part of the border close to rebel-held areas in Ukraine.
It is designed to test the 'readiness' of commanders and troops as well as 'the reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces' and will involve the launch of 'ballistic and cruise missiles', Moscow's defence ministry said today.
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