Russian Forces Near North Korea Border Launch Air Drill

Russian jets launched a series of live-fire maneuvers in skies near its borders with North Korea and northern China in the first air drills held in the east of the country in 2018.

Russia is one of only three countries that shares a land border with North Korea. Last year, its armed forces undertook a series of drills that included practice bombings by the air force, paratrooper jumps and amphibious landings by water.

Russian jets launched a series of live-fire maneuvers in skies near its borders with North Korea and northern China in the first air drills held in the east of the country in 2018.

Russia is one of only three countries that shares a land border with North Korea. Last year, its armed forces undertook a series of drills that included practice bombings by the air force, paratrooper jumps and amphibious landings by water.