Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

09/16/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/16/2021 07:04

The crews of the MTP of the Western Military District ensured the departure of the equipment involved in the JSE Zapad-2021

16.09.2021 (11:45)

About 30 crews of the military traffic inspectorate (MTP) of the Western Military District (WMD) and units of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ensured the movement of equipment that was involved in the conscientious strategic exercise JSE Zapad-2021 in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Military traffic inspectors organized the movement of over 100 military columns to the places of loading on railway transport, as well as along federal highways to permanent deployment points in the Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Smolensk, Tambov regions.

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The practical actions of the troops (forces) within the framework of the JSE Zapad-2021 took place at five training grounds of the Republic of Belarus and at nine training grounds of the Russian Federation. About 200 thousand people were involved in the exercise, more than 80 aircraft and helicopters were involved, up to 760 units of military equipment, including. more than 290 tanks, more than 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars.

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