Military drills involving 1,500 servicemen take place in Russia's Caucasus, South Ossetia

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http://tass.ru/en/russia/776601
February 10, 14:10 UTC+3
The drills involve Akatsiya and MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers, GRAD and Tornado multiple rocket launchers, Uragan multiple rocket launchers and Khrizantema anti-tank missiles

MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Fifteen hundred servicemen and about 300 pieces of military hardware are involved in military exercises being conducted in Russia's Southern Military District, the military district's press-service told TASS on Tuesday.

According to the representative of the Southern Military District, the drills include firing practice by crews of the 152-mm Akatsiya and MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers, 122-mm GRAD and Tornado multiple rocket launchers, 120-mm mortars and anti-tank rockets, as well as the latest generation Zoopark-1 radar vehicle. The servicemen are practising the use of Uragan multiple rocket launchers and Khrizantema anti-tank missiles under simulated combat conditions.

The drills are conducted at testing ranges in Russia's Chechen and Dagestan Republics and South Ossetia.

 

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June 13, 16:16 UTC+3
The exercise involves 3,000 troops and 500 pieces of military equipment
http://tass.com/defense/951089


ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 13. /TASS/. The 58th combined forces army is conducting a command and staff exercise in South Ossetia, the spokesman for the Southern Military District, Vadim Astafiev, said on Tuesday.

"The participating troops will practice countermeasures in case of a hypothetical enemy air raid and the crossing of contaminated terrain following the use of weapons of mass destruction by the enemy amid radio-electronic jamming," Astafiev said.

The exercise will last till June 17, with 3,000 troops and 500 pieces of military equipment, including the latest unified command and staff vehicles designed for communication and command of troops in action taking part.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201707051055247710-russia-base-ossetia-alert/

Russia's military base in South Ossetia has been placed on high alert as part of a combat readiness inspection, the Southern Military District spokesman Col. Vadim Astafyev said Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In March 2017, the Russian and South Ossetian defense ministers signed an intergovernmental agreement on the inclusion of some of South Ossetian military units into the Russian Armed Forces.

The relevant agreement was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 14. The agreement allows enlisting South Ossetian citizens in the Russian Armed Forces on the contract basis. According to the paper, while signing a contract on military service in the Russian Armed Forces, a citizen should be discharged from military service in South Ossetia. The further military service of those citizens would be carried out in accordance with the Russian legislation.

"More than 2,000 servicemen and more than 1,000 pieces of weapons and military equipment of the Russian military base in the Southern Military District deployed in South Ossetia were put on alert at SMD Commander Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov's command as part of a combat readiness check," Astafyev said.

Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia, as well as of Abkhazia, following a five-day war that broke out due to Georgia's military operation against the breakaway republics in 2008.