Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

09/13/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/14/2021 09:14

At the Mulino training ground, military engineers of the WMD carried out an explosion of an anti-tank ditch with a length of up to one kilometer

13.09.2021 (23:30)

In order to slow down the advance and change the direction of the offensive of the mock enemy, during the practical actions of the main stage of the joint strategic exercise Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground, engineering units of the Western Military District detonated an anti-tank ditch with an explosive method extending up to one kilometer.

The units of the advancing enemy, stopped by the explosion of an anti-tank ditch, were destroyed by concentrated fire from artillery and mortar batteries.

The joint strategic exercise (JSE) of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus takes place every two years in accordance with the decision taken by the heads of the two states.

The Zapad-2021 exercise is the final stage of joint training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation this year.

Practical actions of the troops (forces) will take place in the period from 10 to 16 September 2021 at nine training grounds located on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the Baltic Sea, as well as at five training grounds of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus.

In total, up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships take part in the JSE Zapad-2021 on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

The maximum number of personnel involved in the exercise of military units subject to the Vienna Document of 2011 in the territory of the Russian Federation will not exceed 6,400 military personnel.

The return of the military authorities and troops to the points of permanent deployment after participating in the exercise is planned until mid-October of this year.

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