In Russia, unprecedented exercises have started, which in NATO are considered preparing for a large -scale conflict

On the morning of September 11, the most large-scale military exercises in the modern history of the country, called Vostok-2018 , started in Russia, which involved about 300 thousand military personnel, 36 thousand tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry combat vehicles, more than a thousand aircraft and helicopters and about a hundred ships.

During these maneuvers, which will last until September 17, it is necessary to work out the application of massive airstrikes, the fight against cruise missiles, the landing of sea and air troops and the actions of mobile groups in the deep rear of the enemy in conditions as close as possible to the fighting, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu said earlier. According to him, there have not been such on the scale of the exercises of the domestic armed forces since 1981, when the maneuvers of the "West 81" were held in the USSR.

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The Vostok-2018 exercises, which have received international status, will take part in the troops of the Eastern and Central Military Districts, the forces of the Northern Fleet, all formations and military units of the airborne troops, aircraft of long-far and military transport aircraft, and at one of the stages-units of China and Mongolia.

The most dynamic events will unfold at one of the largest landfills in Transbaikalia - Tsang, RIA Novosti reports. More than seven thousand weapons, military and special equipment, about 250 aircraft and helicopters were transferred here. At the same time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to complicate the task as much as possible to the participants - they will have to act in a rapidly and constantly changing situation, make operational and non -standard decisions. In particular, the troops will work out maneuverable defense, learn to destroy the enemy with artillery fire and army aircraft. It is planned to use the widespread use of robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, almost all weapons and military equipment samples in the Arsenal of the Russian Army, including Iskander missile systems, T-72 tanks with improved characteristics and T-90, participate in the East-2018. In addition, in a combat situation close to a combat situation, tankers are running out modernized T-80BVM.

Ground troops will support the Su-34 bombers and multifunctional Su-35 fighters, MI-28 and Mi-35, strategic Tu-95MS bombers, as well as distant Tu-22M3 missile bombers. Su-24 bombers, MiG-31BM interceptors and Su-25 attack aircraft from the Chelyabinsk region, Perm and Krasnoyarsk regions were transferred to operational airfields. The exercises will take into account the experience of hostilities in Syria, the agency notes.

The forces of the Pacific and Northern Fleets of the Russian Federation are involved in the sea part of the maneuvers - about 80 ships and support vessels. In the waters of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, the crews of the ships will repel air attacks, deliver retaliatory strikes on ship groups, including with the use of Caliber missile systems, and develop the coast to protect the enemy’s marine landing. Aircraft and marine helicopters will support the occurrence of ground units from the air, inflicting massive missile and bombing.

East-2018 exercises are deployed at nine training grounds, in the water area of ​​Bering and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, the Avachinsky and Kronotsky bays. The maneuvers are bilateral, and two warring groups were created according to the script - the Central Military District and the Northern Fleet oppose the troops of the Eastern Military District and the ships of the Pacific Fleet, the publication is noted.

NATO considers these exercises to prepare for a large -scale conflict

These maneuvers cause serious concern to the United States and their NATO allies in Europe, especially the neighbors of Russia - the Baltic countries and Poland. NATO said that the East 2018 exercises are demonstrated by Russia's emphasis on working out participation in a large-scale conflict. ”

“We are talking about preparing for the future world war,” the words of Russian military expert Pavel Felgenhauer quoted by the French edition of Le Nouvel Observateur . - The Russian General Staff of the Armed Forces believes that it will occur after 2020: it will be either a global war or a series of large regional conflicts. And the United States and its allies will be the enemy. "

The maneuvers with the participation of Chinese and Mongolian troops are carried out against the backdrop of the ongoing tension with the countries of the West, the Ukrainian crisis, the conflict in Syria and countless accusations against Russia in intervention in Western policy, the article published from which inopressa publishes.

The Russian army compares this demonstration of power with the West-1981 exercises, on which from 100 thousand to 150 thousand military personnel of the Warsaw Treaty in Eastern Europe were mobilized. These were the largest maneuvers ever organized in the Soviet era, the newspaper notes.

The scale of the current exercises is explained, first of all, their goal, the expert in Russia from German foreign policy (DGAP) in Berlin Sarah Pagung believes. “Based on the description, it becomes clear that Russia trains its troops in the event of a global war, not excluding the country's nuclear potential,” DW quotes it. This is also seen because the troops in the western parts of Russia during the East 2018 are also mobilized, she added.

According to Patung, the teachings of Vostok -2018 are a completely expected signal from Moscow towards the United States and NATO "On the military power of Russia and self -awareness as a large military power."

The Chinese military first participate in the strategic exercises of the Russian Federation

However, much more German experts are interested in participating in these maneuvers of the Chinese military, the newspaper writes. Military personnel from the PRC have never previously participated in the strategic military exercises of Russia. About three thousand Chinese military, as well as aircraft and helicopters of the People’s Liberation Army of China, are involved in the teachings of Vostok-2018.

Since 2003, the Russian Federation and the PRC have already held about thirty military exercises, but in none of them it was not about Russia's strategic readiness to ensure their security, DW emphasizes. The peculiarity of the Vostok -2018 exercises is that the PRC takes a direct part not only in integrated, anti -terrorist exercises with the police, but also in strategic exercises - the goal that they set for themselves for a long time, ”says Gustav Goustav Gusewl, senior researcher at the European Council for International Relations (ECFR).

According to the expert, the Chinese military possess quite modern military equipment comparable to Russian, but noticeably worse prepared in issues such as training officers and command and control. At the same time, Russians have the advantage in the eyes of the Chinese military leaders that "in Syria and Ukraine they gained military experience - Chinese military leaders also want to get something from this experience," Gressel is sure.

"This should help the Chinese army to rebuild from the concept of a large" folk war "into a modern military campaign using technology and information technology," he said.

The Kremlin explained the holding of such a large-scale teachings by the need to maintain Russia's defense capacity in the current international situation, which, according to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, is often very aggressive and unfriendly to our country, is justified, necessary and non-alternative. ”

In anticipation of the East-2018 maneuvers from September 1 to 8, the first joint exercises of the Navy (Navy) and military-space forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation were held in the Mediterranean Sea.

Prior to this, in late August, by order of the President of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the country Vladimir Putin , a sudden check was carried out " The combat readiness of the troops in units of the central and eastern military districts, the Airborne Forces, Far and Military Transport Aviation. This check, including a complex of 16 special exercises, was carried out in the fraction of the Vostok-2018 maneuvers, which will become the largest event training event Russian armed forces, said Shoigu.

The Chinese Ministry of Defense stated that the Vostok-2018 exercises, which will be attended by PRC military personnel, are aimed at developing the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership and further strengthening the ability to jointly respond to various security threats, emphasizing that the upcoming exercises were "not directed against third countries."

Meanwhile, NATO also increases the scale of its military exercises this year. According to the German agency, DPA, from October 25 to November 7, Norway will probably be the largest exercises from the moment of end of the Cold War. These exercises will also be international, only with a much smaller scale: in Norway, about 40 thousand military personnel from 30 NATO countries will meet, DW writes.