Ukraine-News: Russia plans military exercises with 50,000 soldiers

Ukraine-News: Russia plans military exercises with 50,000 soldiers

Russia is planning major military maneuvers this week. 50,000 soldiers are said to be involved. The “Vostok 2022” (“East 2022”) exercise will involve 50,000 soldiers and 5,000 weapons, as well as 140 aircraft and 60 warships and other boats, according to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. The maneuver therefore begins this Thursday and ends on Wednesday next week. It is to take place at military training areas in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, as well as in the Sea of ​​Japan.

soldiers from abroad are said to have already arrived at a training ground in eastern Russia, including from Belarus and other ex-Soviet republics, China and India. The exercise in the middle of the Ukraine war is about Ensuring the military security of Russia and its alliesis it[called

“Vostok” is one of the largest military exercises in Russia. Almost 300,000 Russian soldiers were involved in the most complex edition to date, in 2018, as well as Mongolian and Chinese units.

Source: Stern

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