Russia has just wrapped up hosting mass military drills involving troops and defense technology from eight countries which state media hailed as applying lessons learned from the Ukraine war.The Tsentr-2026, or Centre-2026, drills ran throughout all last week into Saturday, located in the central western Chelyabinsk region, which is situated in the southern Ural Mountains – with on Friday President Putin being on hand to observe the exercise.Dronies deployed during military drills in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Getty ImagesImportantly, China's military took part, in addition to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan and Tajikistan.The Russian Ministry of Defense said of what were primarily…