An order was given to him to go to the West. Russian armies are advancing to the borders
The movement of trains with military equipment and personnel, which frightened Ukrainians, is an unscheduled test of the army’s combat capability.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated this on the Rossiya-24 TV channel at a meeting in Severomorsk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In the spring of this year, NATO’s combined armed forces began the largest exercise in the last thirty years, Defender Europe 2021... In total, 40 thousand military personnel and 15 thousand units of weapons and military equipment, including strategic aviation, will be concentrated near our territory,” Shoigu said.
He emphasized that, in response to NATO military activities threatening Russia, Moscow took appropriate measures.
“As part of the control exercises for the winter training period, a surprise check of the combat readiness of the troops of the Western and Southern Military Districts was carried out. Within three weeks, two armies and three airborne formations were successfully transferred to the western borders of the Russian Federation in areas where they performed combat training missions,” the minister specified.
According to him, the troops showed full readiness and ability to carry out tasks to ensure the military security of the country.
“Currently, these formations and formations are involved in exercises. I would like to note that all verification activities are planned to be completed within two weeks,” Shoigu concluded.
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