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| Russia will create 12 new military units near the western borders |
| 2022-05-21 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] To respond to threats near the Russian western borders, 12 new military units and subunits will be created in the Western Military District by the end of 2022, Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Friday at a meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry. As Shoigu noted, the situation in the western strategic direction is characterized by an increase in military threats near the Russian borders. In particular, the intensity of US strategic aviation flights in Europe has increased 15 times, and American ships have entered the Baltic Sea on a systematic basis. The State Duma announced the disruption of NATO plans for the Sea of Azov “We are taking adequate countermeasures. Under these conditions, we are actively improving the combat composition of the troops. By the end of the year, 12 military units and subunits will be formed in the Western Military District,” Shoigu said. He also noted that "the ongoing organizational measures are synchronized with the supply of modern weapons and military equipment to the troops." "This year it is planned to receive more than two thousand units of such samples," the minister said. According to the head of the department, control checks following the results of the winter training period showed a qualitative increase in the level of training of the district's units by 25 percent compared to the previous year. The intensity of the combat training tasks performed by the ships of the Baltic Fleet increased by 42 percent. More than three hundred combat exercises were performed using various types of weapons. The air raid of the district has increased by four percent since the beginning of the year. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 You could probably buy some used Humvees for a few fifty-pound bags of flour in Kabul. Rock bottom prices, as is - no returns. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-05-21 15:44 |
| #2 ^ because the junk military equipment they've been buying from the Russians isn't up to the task? |
| Posted by: jpal 2022-05-21 15:15 |
| #1 Russia should be — providing satellite intelligence, captured arms (NLAWS, Stingers) to Iranian proxies both in Syria and Iraq in order to destroy the pro American filth with their own weaponry. |
| Posted by: Rantburg is government disinformation 2022-05-21 14:37 |