MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iskander-M missile complexes and 4,000 military personnel have been activated in Russia’s East for tactical exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Eastern Military District’s press service said Wednesday.
“The active phase of dual-sided tactical exercises with mobile and tank units from the Eastern Military District deployed in the Baikal District and the Republic of Buryatia has begun at the Tsugol Training Facility. The maneuvers include military artillery units, including missile units from the Eastern Military District for the operative tactical Iskander-M missile complexes deployed in the Republic of Buryatia,” press spokesman Alexander Gordeyev said.