As part of the Baltic fleet 11th army corps formed, reports Interfax Statement by the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu.
“From 1 on April 2016 of the year, the 11 Army Corps was formed in its structure (the Baltic Fleet),” Shoigu told the board on Wednesday.
“Technical re-equipment of the fleet forces continues. Over the past three years, two warships, six boats of various designation, the latest salvo-fire systems and air defense systems have entered the formations and military units. All this contributed to an increase in the combat potential of the Baltic Fleet, ”he said.
Earlier, the minister said that in order to counter NATO's efforts to build up military forces near the Russian borders, 3 divisions are being created, two of which are in the west and one in the south.
Help Agency: “The army corps is a combined arms unit of the ground forces. Designed to solve operational tactical tasks. May include two to four or more divisions. The strength of the army corps can reach several tens of thousands of servicemen. ”
http://www.voenvideo.ru
Our news channels
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned), Kirill Budanov (included to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev Lev; Ponomarev Ilya; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; Mikhail Kasyanov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information