On Monday, Russian and Belarusian military personnel conducted defensive operations with army, surface-to-air missile and aviation units at a training center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoOn Monday, Russian and Belarusian military personnel conducted defensive operations with army, surface-to-air missile and aviation units at a training center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
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On Monday, Russian and Belarusian military personnel conducted defensive operations with army, surface-to-air missile and aviation units at a training center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoThe Union Shield 2011 exercise got underway last Friday at the Gorokhovets training center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Ashuluk center in the Astrakhan Region.
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The Union Shield 2011 exercise got underway last Friday at the Gorokhovets training center in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Ashuluk center in the Astrakhan Region.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoThe exercise is held simultaneously in the Nizhny Novgorod and Astrakhan regions and is the Belarusian Armed Forces’ main military training.
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The exercise is held simultaneously in the Nizhny Novgorod and Astrakhan regions and is the Belarusian Armed Forces’ main military training.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoThe exercise involves 12,000 officers and men, including 4,800 Belarusian military personnel.
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The exercise involves 12,000 officers and men, including 4,800 Belarusian military personnel.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoThe exercise uses 200 pieces of combat equipment, including about 100 tanks.
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The exercise uses 200 pieces of combat equipment, including about 100 tanks.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoMilitary units crossed the Klyazma River at the Gorokhovets training center.
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Military units crossed the Klyazma River at the Gorokhovets training center.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg ZolotoThe Union Shield 2011 Russian-Belarusian exercise will be conducted on an area of more than 500 square kilometers.
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The Union Shield 2011 Russian-Belarusian exercise will be conducted on an area of more than 500 square kilometers.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg Zoloto“The fact that the exercise is held on Russia’s territory is determined by Russia’s and Belarusia’s effort to unilaterally discourage military activity on the border between NATO and the Union State,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s Press Service and Information Department said.
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“The fact that the exercise is held on Russia’s territory is determined by Russia’s and Belarusia’s effort to unilaterally discourage military activity on the border between NATO and the Union State,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s Press Service and Information Department said.