Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces scrambled fighters and bombers, and units of air defense systems were urgently deployed on the ground. The reason for this was a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Aerospace Forces, raised by the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the Rossiya 24 TV channel reports.
“Military command and control bodies, formations and military units have begun taking measures to bring them to the highest level of combat readiness. When checking, special attention must be paid to the state of combat duty, the deployment of air defense systems for wartime and the readiness of aviation groups to repel aggression,” the head of the Ministry of Defense noted.
Let us remind you that earlier representatives of the LDPR announced the threat of a large-scale offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass.