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More than 100 airplanes and helicopters will participate in large-scale military exercises in southern Russia from August 6 to 16, the press service of the Southern Military District told reporters on Wednesday.
“More than 100 airplanes and helicopters of the 4th Army of the Air Force and the Missile Defense Forces of the Southern Military District will participate in the scheduled bilateral exercise,” the press service said.
Air operations will be carried out from Crimea to the Caspian Sea, from Abkhazia to the Astrakhan region.
During the first stage of the drills, Russian aviation will repel ‘enemy’ attacks in the Rostov and Krasnodar and Crimea regions, and then move to operational airfields in Astrakhan, Stavropol and North Ossetia.
During the second stage of the military exercise, Russian planes will attack an “enemy” in Crimea, the Kuban region, Stavropol, the Astrakhan region and over the Black and Caspian seas.
Russian aviation will also repel a cruise missile attack along with six military ships from the Russian Black Sea fleet.
Source: NewsFront
