Putin ordena estado de máxima capacidad militar - Putin orders combat readiness check in Central Military District

El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, ordenó este sábado realizar una revisión completa sorpresa de la preparación del Distrito Militar Central.

Así lo informó el ministro de Defensa, Serguéi Shoigú, indicando que la operación se llevará a cabo del 21 al 28 de junio.

"De conformidad con la orden [del presidente Putin] hoy desde las 11:00 de Moscú las tropas del Distrito Militar Central, así como las unidades militares estacionadas en su territorio, entran en estado de máxima capacidad militar", dijo Shoigú.

En la revisión participarán unos 65 mil soldados y unas cinco mil 500 unidades de armas y equipo militar, señaló el jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército ruso, general Valery Gerásimov.

Más de 180 aviones y 60 helicópteros estarán a disposición de los militares para poner a prueba el nivel de preparación de las tropas en tareas específicas en las que se fortalecerá la cohesión de la fuerza aérea y de los escuadrones de paracaidistas.
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21/6/14
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• Russian President and Commander-in-Chief of the country’s armed forces Vladimir Putin on Saturday decided to hold a surprise comprehensive inspection of combat readiness of the entire Central Military District’s personnel, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said.

“From 11:00 Moscow Time [07:00 GMT], the troops of the Central Military District, as well as formations and military units on its territory, are placed on full combat alert,” the defense minister said at a meeting in his minstry, adding that the check will last until June 28. He said the president set the task to inspect the troops’ time standards and ability to fulfill combat readiness posture tasks. Later on, the troops will be taken to training ranges for exercises.
  The minister said the inspection is designed to practice troops movement for long distances, deployment of control systems and materiel support and other exercises.

• At the Defense Ministry meeting, Shoygu ordered Russian Airborne Troops Commander Vladimir Shamanov to airlift the 98th Airborne Division to a distance of 1,500 kilometers - from the Ivanovo Region in central Russia to the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals.

• The redeployment will be carried out by military transport aviation. In the Chelyabinsk Region, the division will land at the Chebarkul range.

Shoygu also gave instructions to notify military attaches of foreign states of the surprise complex combat readiness inspection. “Troops are to return to permanent bases by July 1,” the minister ordered.
http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/737193 21/6/14

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