Russia Stages Mass Military Drills as Ukraine Tensions Climb
By
Henry Meyer
Daryna Krasnolutska
Kateryna Choursina
April 6, 2021, 5:43 PM GMT+2 Updated on April 6, 2021, 7:23 PM GMT+2
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Russia announced the start of mass military drills, ratcheting up tensions with neighboring Ukraine amid Western concerns about the risk of renewed fighting.
More than 4,000 training exercises will be held in military districts across Russia in April, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday, in comments posted on the ministry’s
website."
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Министр обороны РФ сообщил о проходящих в Вооруженных Силах плановых контрольных проверках за зимний период обучения
Всего в течение апреля будет проведено 4048 учений различного масштаба, в том числе 812 двусторонних, на 101 полигоне и 520 объектах учебно-материальной базы.
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The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, reported on the planned control checks taking place in the Armed Forces during the winter training period.
"In accordance with the plan for the training of the Armed Forces,
control checks have begun in the military command bodies, formations and military units," the head of the military department said during a conference call held today at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
Sergei Shoigu added that the troops went to the training grounds for tactical, tactical-special and bilateral exercises.
"I demand to ensure the high quality of control classes and safety during the movement of military echelons and military equipment," the Defense Minister set the task.
In total, during April, 4,048 exercises of various scales, including 812 bilateral ones, will be held at 101 training grounds and 520 objects of the training and material base.
The exercises are held on the territory of
all military districts and the Northern Fleet, as well as in the Far North, the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka.
All types and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are subject to inspections.
At the same time, in the Eastern Military District, as part of these measures, the General Staff Commission is conducting an inspection.
The
main draws of combat training will be held at the
Tsugol and Sergeyevsky ranges of the Eastern Military District.
In the remaining military districts and in the Northern Fleet, control checks are conducted under the direction of the commanders of the troops (forces).
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