The Defense Post:


Russia’s Central Military District (CMD) announced on Thursday that the country’s armed forces have conducted combat readiness exercises in new geographic areas.

The drills were held in the regions of Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, and Krasnoyarsk. Similar exercises were also conducted in the Republic of Khakassia.

According to the CMD press office, more than 300 pieces of military hardware and around 1,000 personnel participated in the exercise, including combat teams and officers of the air force and air defense army…



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