MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the drill scenario, the crews of the MiG-29SMT aircraft had to detect a target and make it land. The exercise took place at night.
"The pilots of the Western Military District in the Kursk Region, ahead of the New Year celebrations, held a drill on intercepting a simulated enemy that breached the state border," Muginov told journalists.
A total of over 2,500 servicemen are said to be on combat duty during the New Year holidays in Russia.
