Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

07/19/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/19/2021 06:49

A joint Russian-Indian exercise Indra-2021 will be held near Volgograd at the Prudboy training ground of the Southern Military District

19.07.2021 (10:34)

From August 1 to 13 of this year, a joint Russian-Indian exercise Indra-2021 will be held at the Prudboy training ground of the Southern Military District in the Volgograd region.

The exercise involves 300 different targets, of which more than 100 are mobile, simulating enemy vehicles and armored vehicles.

At one stage, the units will destroy a mock enemy in a specially built settlement consisting of 3 streets and 50 residential buildings, on the territory of which 16 mobile targets will be placed: UAZ cars and about 30 growth figures simulating illegal armed formations inside buildings.

It is planned to involve about 80 servicemen of the Southern Military District of the motorized rifle unit and about 80 servicemen of the Indian Armed Forces in the events.

The plan for the combat training of the Southern Military District in 2021 provides for the participation of the district's military personnel in international exercises with units of the armed forces of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Armenia, Algeria, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Egypt.

International joint activities are carried out in accordance with the plan of international military cooperation and are aimed at strengthening and developing military cooperation between countries.

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