A RUSSIAN artillery piece. TASS Russia’s latest BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles, Rakushka armored personnel carriers and Sprut-SD howitzers will be involved for the first time in the Slavic Brotherhood-2018 international military exercises in June, the press office of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
During the drills, Russia will be represented by the reinforced battalion of the Kuban Cossack air assault regiment of the Airborne Force (700 paratroopers). Also, Russia’s forces in the drills will involve units of frontline and army aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense troops of the Southern Military District and Il-76MD military and transport planes of Russia’s Aerospace Force.
The drills will be held on June 18-28 at the Rayevsky practice range in the Krasnodar Region in south Russia. The maneuvers will be directed by Russia’s Airborne Force Deputy Commander Lieutenant-General Alexander Vyaznikov. TASS
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