Email Updated August 29, 2018 06:50:22 Photo: More than 1,000 military aircraft will take part in the drills. (Reuters: Maxim Shemetov) Related Story: Russia’s Foreign Minister accuses West of playing ‘children’s games’ Related Story: Q&A: Putin’s Russia antics ‘not bringing Cold War 2.0’ Related Story: How to understand Vladimir Putin’s view of the world Map: Russian Federation Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says, in a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. Key points:Drills to involve almost 300,000 troops and more than 1,000 aircraftWar games biggest since a Soviet military exercise in 1981Exercises will take place from September 11-15 The exercise, called Vostok-2018 (East-2018), will take place in central and eastern Russian military districts and involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia’s naval fleets, and all of its airborne units, Mr Shoigu said in a statement.The manoeuvres will take place at a time of heightened tension between the West and Russia, which is concerned about what it says is an unjustified build-up of the NATO military alliance on its western flank.NATO says it has beefed… Read full this story
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