16:30, 23 July 2018

Major exercises begin at Russian military base in Armenia

The military exercise. Photo: press office of the SMD https://ru.armeniasputnik.am/society/20180402/11208138/Russian-voennyh-sotni-edinic-tekhniki-provodyat-ucheniya-v-Armenia.html

Tactical exercises involving more than 3000 military personnel have been started at the Russian base in Armenia, the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

The military exercise will last until July 28. They involve about 500 units of military vehicles and motorized rifle, tank, reconnaissance, artillery, and engineering units.

"Soldiers and officers ... are engaged in solving the air defence tasks against the attacks of the conventional enemy," the press service of the Southern Military District said.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 17, the Russian armed forces held exercises with shooting in the Panik village in the Shirak District of Armenia. The shooting frightened local residents, and some children lost consciousness. Alexei Polyukhovich, the commander of the military base in Gyumri, apologized for the incident and promised to punish the guilty persons.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 16, 2018 at 09:34 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.