Paratroopers of the Pskov Airborne formation to take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian exercise Union Shield-2015

Paratroopers of the Pskov Airborne formation will take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian operational exercise Union Shield-2015.

More than 500 servicemen and about 100 pieces of military hardware and armament of the Pskov formation will be involved in the exercise.

In the course of the exercise, the units were alerted and put on the combat alert. In a day the paratroopers will have been transported to the Strugi Krasniye range.

In the course of the exercise, Russian paratroopers in cooperation with one of the units of the Special Operation Forces of the Belarusian Armed Forces will practice planning of the joint operation, assault landing, capturing the facility, operating behind the enemy lines, and will also perform day and night firing using all types of small arms.

The Union Shield-2015 is taking place in Leningrad and Pskov regions on September 10-16.

Source: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

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