The massive
Vostok-2018 exercise is being carried out from September 11 to 17.
MOSCOW, August 12.
/TASS/. As part of the large-scale Vostok-2018 drills, missile units from the
Urals will conduct live firing from Iskander-M tactical operational missile
systems at the Kapustin Yar training ground in southern Russia, the Russian
Defense Ministry’s press service said on Wednesday.
"Earlier,
Iskander-M missile crews were redeployed to the Astrakhan Region by rail,"
the ministry said in a statement. "During one of the episodes of the
drills, Iskander-M missile crews will carry out a missile strike to destroy
targets at a distance of several hundred of kilometers."
In a separate
episode, units of Engineer Troops of the Russian Armed Forces will create
various types of river crossings in Siberia’s Trans-Baikal Region to ensure
passage of about 200 military vehicles from Russia and China.
The massive
Vostok-2018 exercise is being carried out from September 11 to 17 under the
command of Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu on the soil and
in the waters of Russia’s Far East and in the neighboring waters of the Pacific
Ocean. A total of about 300,000 servicemen are taking part in them, as well as
more than 1,000 planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles, along with as
many as 36,000 tanks, armored fighting vehicles and other cars, and up to 80
ships and support vessels.
Source: ITAR-TASS
12-09-2018
