Russian infantry units return from Crimea after drills

Several Russian mechanised infantry units have returned to their bases in the regions of Dagestan and Chechnya after completing drills in Crimea, Russia's defence ministry said on Friday.

Separately, Interfax cited the ministry as saying that a train loaded with tanks of the Western military district has departed an undisclosed location to deliver them back to their base in the Nizhny Novgorod province.

In another statement cited by the TASS news agency, the ministry said some 30 trucks carrying servicemen and equipment of the same military district have departed the training grounds in an undisclosed location and were returning to their base.