Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the scale of future exercises "Vostok-2018". At the same time the head of the Defense Ministry reported, These exercises can be compared with the, what was happening in terms of military training in the Soviet Union, namely - a large-scale exercises "West-81".
In an interview with reporters said Sergey Shoigu, that from the very 1981 year in Russia was no more large-scale military maneuvers.
Shoigu:
They (exercises "Vostok-2018") in something repeated “West-81”, but something, perhaps, even bigger. More 1 Thousands of aircraft, nearly 300 thousands of troops, on almost all ranges of Central and Eastern military districts, naturally, Pacific fleet, Northern fleet, fully involved VDV.
Next Sergei Shoigu, talking about the scale of the maneuvers, He asked reporters to imagine, when both are on the march around 36 thousand. pieces of equipment, including tanks, BTR, BMP, etc..
According to him, the script itself exercises will zoom in "Vostok 2018" to the real conditions of the battle. it, as noted by Sergei Shoigu, It will be a good practice for the Russian Armed Forces.
During the exercise was "Vostok-2018" will be involved, and military engineers, which to practice modern facilities and demonstrate personal proficiency. This was reported by the head of the Engineering Troops, Lieutenant-General Yuri Stavitskiy.
Recall, CPE in the "Vostok 2018" take part and foreign troops. So, Transbaikalia already unloaded several trains PLA, which include those in the territory of the Russian Federation introduced a 120 pieces of equipment. Chinese military field camp was equipped at the landfill Tsugol. Overall, the Chinese vvezut to Russia about 400 equipment units 30 echelons of.
