The occupiers are conducting training tank shootings at Crimean training grounds

Любезна Катерина
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11:36, 25 January
The occupiers are conducting training tank shootings at Crimean training grounds
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Tank units of the Russian Army Corps are conducting training shootings at the Angarsky test site in occupied Crimea, where they have also deployed heating stations.

The Russian Defence Ministry reported it on January 25.

"Crews of T-72B3 tanks as part of the tank units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District (SMD)have begun training shootings ...Tankmen are firing both from the ground with direct pointing and in motion on rough terrain during a training counter-battle", - the statement read.  

According to the agency, the tankmen are practising counter-fighting and tactics of suppressing anti-tank crews at the equipped positions.

What is known

  • Tank units of the Russian Army Corps are conducting training shootings at the Angarsky range in occupied Crimea.
  • Russia has moved 20 warships to the Baltic Sea amid large-scale military exercises.
  • On January 20, combat crews of anti-aircraft missile and cannon systems (ZPRK) "Pantsir-C", together with air defence units of the Black Sea Fleet, conducted training in occupied Crimea.
  • More than 10,000 Russian troops have started their first exercises in the new year at training grounds in occupied Crimea and several Russian regions.
  • On January 9, Russian military personnel conducted exercises with the regular forces of naval aviation and air defence of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in occupied Crimea. 
  • On January 8, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation conducted training with the next rescue forces in the conditions of stormy weather in the bases, in Novorossiysk and occupied Crimea.
  • The United States expects explanations from Russia regarding the new military drills near the borders of Ukraine.

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