The combat readiness check also involves more
than 3,000 pieces of military equipment.
MOSCOW,
July 31. /TASS/. Around 8,000 military personnel, nearly 50 warplanes and
helicopters, as well as more than 3,000 pieces of military equipment of
Russia’s Eastern Military District are involved in the active phase of a snap
combat readiness check being held at the Tsugol test range in the Transbaikal
region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"During
the combat readiness check, the personnel of one of the motor-rifle units of
the combined-arms army deployed to the Transbaikal region marched for 150
kilometers and crossed the Onon River," the statement reads. "During
the march, Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters covered military hardware," the
Defense Ministry added.
The
military personnel used a floating bridge installed by the unit’s engineers to
get infantry combat vehicles and tanks across the Onon river.
Source:
ITAR-TASS 31-07-2017
