Russia begins large-scale military exercises in its Southern Military District including Crimea
On Tuesday, September 5, large-scale military exercises involving missiles and artillery began on 19 different training grounds in the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation and the Crimea.
More than five thousand artillerymen of the Russian armed forces went to training grounds in the Crimea, Rostov, the Volgograd region, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, Dagestan, North Ossetia, as well as to Russian military bases in Abkhazia, Armenia and South Ossetia. The artillery training will continue for one month.
According to the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, the military will “learn new forms and methods of artillery fire to support motorized rifle and tank units in the complex situations of modern combined arms combat.”
Particular attention will be paid to training in reconnaissance fire and reconnaissance-strike contours.
Earlier, exercises of strategic missile forces were launched in Russia. Eleven regiments of the Topol, Topol-M and Yars missile systems were sent to the patrol routes.
The Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 military exercises will take place in Belarus on September 14-20.