1,5 thousand people simultaneously landed on the Rostov proving ground
As part of a divisional command and staff exercise with the Ivanovo unit of the Airborne Forces (VDV), 1,5 thousand troops paraded at the Kuzminki training ground in the Rostov region at the same time, the press service and information department of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.“The head of the training, Commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov set the task of transferring some of the forces to the Rostov Region, to an unfamiliar area to practice a range of combat training measures. The paratroopers marched under their own power at the Ivanovo-Severny airdrome and loaded onto military transport aircraft aviation", - reported on the website of the Ministry of Defense.
# {weapon} It is reported that "the transfer of military personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as the necessary stocks of material resources" was carried out by 15 Il-76 aircraft. One of the main tasks was “working out issues of interspecific interaction of the troops.”
At the Kuzminki proving ground, “1,5 thousand military personnel, about 10 units of military equipment, as well as the necessary supplies of material resources, simultaneously landed.”
The paratroopers in the units worked out "reconnaissance-search, combat training and special tasks in cooperation with motorized rifle units using modern automated control systems and satellite communications."
“Earlier, according to the plan of the exercise, part of the paratroop units were transferred by landing method to Tiksi airfield to perform search, rescue and evacuation tasks for“ injured ”expeditions,” the message said.
In addition, on Thursday it was reported that more than 300 people landed in the Arctic.
Large-scale airborne exercises with mass landing, which was held for the first time in 20 years, began on Tuesday. In total, around 4 thousands of paratroopers, 36 aircrafts of military transport and army aviation are involved in the exercises. One of the main tasks of the exercises is to show the effectiveness of the use of tactical and parachute assault in various latitudes and conditions.
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