Russia said on Monday that the Vostok-2022 (Orient-2022) exercises, which will involve more than 50,000 troops from September 1-7, will not be aimed at any country or any military alliance with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). ).
The information was published today by the Russian news agency “Interfax”, based on statements by Deputy Defense Minister Alexandr Fomin.
“The exercise is not aimed at any particular country or military alliance and is purely defensive,” the Russian government member said at a briefing for foreign military units.
“Soldiers will return to their permanent duties at the end of September,” said Fomin.
The exercises, which will be held every four years under the leadership of the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Guerasimov, will be held at seven training camps in Russia’s Eastern Military District and in the sea and coastal regions. . . .
More than 50,000 troops and 5,000 units of weapons and equipment will be mobilized, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats and support ships.
Troops and observers from more than ten countries will participate in the exercises, including China, India, Syria, Algeria, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Laos and Azerbaijan.
Military personnel from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will also be present, and together with Russia will be part of the post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization (OTSC).
The maneuvers are smaller than in 2018, when about 300,000 Russian Armed Forces personnel, as well as thousands from other countries, participated.
The exercises in the Far East coincide with the seventh month of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin calls it.
According to the deputy minister, during the activities, the Russian and Chinese navies will conduct maneuvers in the Sea of \u200b\u200bJapan.
“Our Pacific Fleet, together with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, will implement the harmonization of the northern and central parts of the Sea of Japan in the Far East maritime zone,” Guerasimov said. Said.
He detailed that the aim was “to assist ground troops in the direction of the Litoral Krai and to defend naval communications and naval economic areas”.
The exercises will be conducted offshore and in areas close to the Seas of Japan and the coast of Ojotsk.
source: Noticias
