The announcement came a day before the two-day NATO summit kicks off in Wales, where leaders will discuss pressing issues concerning the situation in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
"More than 4,000 military personnel and about 400 pieces of hardware will take part in the drills to be held in the Altai region," RVSN spokesman Dmitry Andreyev told reporters.
The servicemen will carry out combat missions under electronic countermeasures, he said, adding the exercises will for the first time involve aircraft, including MiG-31 interceptors and SU-24MR reconnaissance jets.
Earlier Wednesday, the Russian armed forces held a number of drills across the country, including joint anti-aircraft defense exercises with Indian forces in southern Astrakhan region and tactical maneuvers with Belarussian troops near the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, the Defense Ministry's press service said.
In the westernmost enclave of Kaliningrad, the Baltic Fleet also held exercises on Wednesday to improve coordination between the warships artillery and the coastal T-72 tank units.
Sources: Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
3/9/14
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Ukraine’s Ambassador to NATO: All NATO-Ukraine Military Drills to Take Place as Planned...
ReplyDeleteAll joint NATO-Ukraine military exercises scheduled to take place this year on the territory of Ukraine will take place as planned, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO, Ambassador Ihor Dolgov told the Ukrinform news agency Wednesday.
"By developing our capabilities and possibilities of interaction with member states of the alliance, we will thus improve the combat effectiveness of our Armed Forces, their readiness to work together with partners. A great deal of work is being done for this purpose. Firstly, all military exercises planned on Ukrainian territory will be held," Dolgov said as quoted by Ukrinform.
The ambassador also said that Ukraine plans to continue cooperating with its military colleagues from Poland and Lithuania.
"The issue concerns the creation of the Ukrainian-Polish-Lithuanian brigade. This will be the formation that can efficiently interact and be fully compatible with the armed forces of the alliance's countries," Dolgov noted.
On Tuesday, it was reported that the United States plans to go ahead with the Rapid Trident military exercise, scheduled to take place in western Ukraine later this month, despite the ongoing hostilities in southeastern Ukraine.
The Rapid Trident exercise is expected to involve up to 1,000 servicemen from NATO countries and other US allies. Originally scheduled to take place in July, at the Yavoriv training center near Ukraine's border with Poland, the exercise was put off until September 16-26 due to the Kiev government’s ongoing military operation against independence supporters in southeastern Ukraine...................http://en.ria.ru/world/20140903/192607539/All-NATO-Ukraine-Military-Drills-to-Take-Place-as-Planned-.html