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More than 50,000 Russian soldiers to take part in military drill
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday (August 29), more than 50,000 soldiers will take part in a large-scale Russian military manoeuvre this week.
The military exercises in the country's Far East will be pushed back two days and will start on Thursday (September 1). The ministry announced the date change on Monday, a day before the drills were scheduled to begin.
It is unusual for the dates of the exercises to be changed, but the ministry did not give a reason.
DPA news agency quoted the Ministry as saying, the exercise, dubbed "Vostok 2022", will include the deployment of 5,000 weapons and pieces of military equipment, as well as 140 aircraft and 60 warships and other vessels.
The manoeuvre, which will begin on Thursday (September 1) and end on September 7, is to take place on military training grounds in eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, as well as in the Sea of Japan.
Soldiers deployed abroad have reportedly already arrived at a training area, including from Belarus, China and India.
The exercise, which takes place some six months into Russia's war in Ukraine, is about ensuring the military security of Moscow and its allies, according to the Ministry.
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The drills will be held at seven training grounds instead of 13 as initially announced. They include those on Etorofu and Kunashiri, two of the four islands Japan calls the Northern Territories.
About 300,000 military personnel participated in 2018. The reduction is believed to be due to troops in the Russian Far East being sent to fight in Ukraine.
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