Large-scale landing exercises will be conducted by the Russian army in Crimea and the Krasnodar region. This was announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TASS reports.
The exercises will start today at the Crimean military training ground Opuk. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, combat shootings of assault and artillery units and units of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops will be practiced, as well as demining of a section of the terrain and cover of troops from air attack and drones. aircraft. "The servicemen will perform fire tasks and hit targets at different distances," the press service said.
In addition, the exercises will include helicopter assault operations to block the occupied area and ensure a rapid offensive of the main forces of the unit, which will be conducted with fire support from the Army Air Force (Mi-35 helicopters).
The exercises at the Raevski test site near Novorossiysk will begin on December 24. The airborne units will work out techniques for conducting short-range combat operations, as well as reconnaissance and strike operations from the Artillery Division 2 C9 "Nona".
The exercises will be held as part of an operational meeting of the command staff of the troops under the leadership of the Airborne Forces Commander, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov. In total, more than 1,200 servicemen and more than 250 units of military and special equipment will be engaged in them.
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