Tsentr 2019 maneuvers was held from September 16 to 21. In the course of Tsentr 2019 maneuvers, issues of the use of force groupings in solving the tasks of combating international terrorism and ensuring military security in the Central Asian strategic direction will be practice.
The maneuvers involved in total over 128,000 servicemen, over 20,000 pieces of hardware, some 600 aircraft. Some episodes of the maneuvers were carried out according to separate plans at the training grounds of partner countries. The main Russian military maneuvers this year were attended by the military contingents of China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.