ZVO troops received all the equipment planned for the 2017 year.
In October, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the defense troops would receive more than 1,8 thousands of new and modernized equipment, the supplies of which are synchronized with the construction of infrastructure for its storage and maintenance, by the end of the year.
He added that in 2017, the district received “about 40 aircraft and helicopters, 190 armored vehicles (tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles) and 600 various vehicles. ”
According to the commander, the exercise Zapad-2017 became the most large-scale event of operational combat training in the district.
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