Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills for Russian armed forces in the Baltic region to test Russia’s “battle-readiness”, a ministry of defence spokesperson told Russian news agency Interfax today.
“A self-sufficient, multi-purpose army of air, sea and land units was assembled in the period of less than a day in the Kaliningrad area, consisting of units from all branches of the armed forces,” Andrey Kartapolov the lieutenant general of the Russian army said.
The drill took place between the 5th and 10th December, as servicemen were called to assume battlestations in Kaliningrad without warning at 7am Moscow time on the …read more
Source: Newsweek
