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| Routine Russian Recon Report: 41 |
| 2021-08-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Last week, 41 aircraft of foreign countries (29 reconnaissance aircraft and 12 UAVs) conducted aerial reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation and were tracked by Russian radar. No violations of Russian airspace were allowed. Infographics with data from the RF Ministry of Defense were published on August 20 by the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. In total, the pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed 224 flight shifts at 68 airfields as part of combat training. Military transport aircraft made more than 900 flights. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the armed forces, within the framework of combat training, carried out about 13,000 practical measures at 135 training grounds. About two thousand driving lessons were completed, of which 50% were at night. The paratroopers performed about seven thousand parachute jumps. More than 100 submarines, surface ships and support vessels guarded the maritime borders last week. As part of the state defense order, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and KamAZ-4350 vehicles were repaired and delivered to the troops. As reported by IA REGNUM , 33 foreign reconnaissance aircraft approached the borders of Russia last week. |
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