Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the final events on site.
KAPUSTIN YAR PROVING
GROUND /Astrakhan Region/, September 25. /TASS/. The main phase of the
strategic exercise Kavkaz-2020 at the proving ground Kapustin Yar in the
Astrakhan Region has ended with the enemy defeat by the coalition force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the final events on site.
"Coalition
forces incorporating contingents from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar
and Pakistan carried out a counter-offensive operation to inflict a crushing
defeat on the enemy force at the Kapustin Yar proving ground," the Defense
Ministry said on Friday.
The coalition forces
delivered a massive fire strike, gained fire superiority and inflicted maximum
losses on the hypothetical enemy. Operative and tactical airborne assault
forces prevented the arrival of enemy reserves and created conditions for a
counterstrike.
The coalition force
carried out a pincer movement, which ended in the encirclement of the enemy
force. The main strike that followed made the enemy surrender.
The Kavkaz-2020
drills, running from September 21- 26, led by Chief of the General Staff Army
General Valery Gerasimov, are underway in Russia’s Southern Military District
and in the Black and Caspian Seas. The exercise involves about 80,000
personnel, including officers from the Russian Emergencies Ministry and the
Russian National Guard. Furthermore, this is a multinational endeavor which
includes up to 1,000 servicemen from Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar and
Pakistan. Representatives from Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan and Sri Lanka are participating as observers, according to the
Russian Defense Ministry. In addition, Russia’s top brass said that roughly 250
tanks, up to 450 mechanized infantry fighting vehicles and APCs, as well as up
to 200 artillery systems and multiple-launch rocket systems were set to be used
in the exercise on firing grounds. About 12,900 troops are going to take part
in activities in line with the 2011 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on
Confidence-and Security-Building Measures.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-09-2020
