Center-2015: Russia’s biggest military drills of the year
September 21, 2015
The year’s largest military drills in Russia are concluding, with nearly 100,000 servicemen preparing to return to home bases. On Sunday, troops and military vehicles are making the last accelerated march to places of permanent deployment. The war games that started on September 14 lasted a week. About 95,000 servicemen and over 7,000 military hardware and vehicles, together with up to 170 military aircraft and 20 warships took part.
Military representatives from almost 40 countries arrived to observe military drills at the Donguzsky range in Russia’s Orenburg Region. “Our troops have already received 2,250 state-of-the-art systems, among them Sukhoi Su-35 and Su-35C fighter jets, Mil Mi-8MTB51 helicopters, radio stations, new airborne assault vehicles, armored fighting vehicles, and UAV infantry transportation vehicles” president Vladimir Putin said.