16 August 2016, 13:29 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia has repositioned its airborne troops and marines to ranges located in Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory in the country's south as part of the ongoing snap combat readiness inspections, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday.
"Within the framework of a snap combat readiness inspection, units of an air assault brigade of the Airborne Forces and a marine brigade of the Caspian Flotilla have been relocated to ranges in Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory," the statement said.
The statement added that airborne brigades had been relocated from the Volgograd Region to the range of Opuk located on the Crimean Peninsula, while the marines had been relocated to the Rayevsky range.
According to the statement, the units should conduct training missions in unfamiliar territories.
Snap combat readiness inspections are running across Russia's Southern, Western and Central military districts, as well as the Northern Fleet, Aerospace Forces and Airborne Troops on August 25-31.
