Russia began the coronavirus exercise “Vostok-2022”
Among them are various countries of China, India and Mongolia. Notes about the maneuvers appeared in the Western press
More than 50,000 military and 5,000 industrial enterprises will take part in the Vostok-2022 exercises from September 1 to 7, allocated in the Russian Ministry of Defense. The foreign press is watching the maneuvers of the Russian army in the Asian and Eastern seas.
“China sends troops to Russia to play drill” – caption The keeper. Russia wants to insist strongly on international support, even though it insists. Growth newspaper that at the Army-2022 exhibition in mid-August, Vladimir Putin said that Russia especially appreciates partners who “do not bend before the hegemon.” In Beijing, participation in the maneuvers was called “unrealized with real cases.”
In addition to Chinese military directorates, there are units from India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, problems and a number of states of the post-Soviet space, writes Al Jazeera. As indicated in the article, in total, more than 50 thousand military and five thousand pieces of equipment took place in the events, including 140 aircraft and 60 ships and support ships. According to the TV channel, the maneuvers are manifested in the strengthening of defense ties between Moscow and Beijing.
Reuters Vostok-2018, when the Russian Ministry of Defense reports a report of 300,000 Arabs. According to experts of the agency involved in action around Ukraine. Reuters calls “Vostok-2022” small-scale exercises in Russia for many years.
The Vostok-2022 exercises are taking place at seven training grounds of the Eastern Military District, as well as in the waters and zones of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the event “is not directed against specific states and is purely defensive in nature.” The return of the troops to their permanent deployment is scheduled for the end of September.