Military pilots flew over a thousand kilometers to unfamiliar areas of the Kapustin Yar test site located in the Astrakhan region.

Under the terms of bilateral exercises, the crews performed the tasks of overcoming ground-based radar stations for detecting air defense assets of the conventional enemy. Using mounted electronic suppression systems, they created false targets for ground-based EW facilities, hid their presence from the radar screens and conducted electronic launches by means of air defense
- said in a statement.According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, around 10 Su-34 bombers and more 300 military personnel of the flight and engineering and technical personnel of the ZVO bomber aviation regiment were deployed to perform the tasks.