Russia Announces 40 Large Scale Summer War Games
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- Russia announces 40 large scale summer wargames
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Russia has announced plans to conduct 40 “large-scale” military drills in its eastern regions this summer.
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“On June 1, 2015, the summer training period starts within the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The intensity of the forces’ combat training will increase 1.5 times as compared to the winter period,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement released on Monday.
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The largest of the “tactical, special and flight exercises” will be held at the Tsugol test site in Trans-Baikalia, close to the Mongolia border, said Colonel Alaxandr Gordeyev of Russia’s Eastern Military District.
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The war games are scheduled to last until the end of November and will be centered on joint tactical and cross-branch exercises.
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The announcement of the military exercises follows the conclusion of four days of drills across Russia. Over 12,000 troops and hundreds of fighter jets and anti-aircraft missiles took part in the wargames.
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The upcoming exercises are part of a series of Russian military maneuvers being held amid international tensions over the Ukrainian crisis and NATO’s military build-up on Russia’s doorstep.
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NATO members took part in two weeks of war games in the Arctic Circle with more than 4,000 troops and over 100 aircraft involved.
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The European Union and the US accuse the Kremlin of supporting pro-Russia forces operating in eastern Ukraine and have taken a series of punitive measures against Moscow over the past months.
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