ADVERTISEMENTThe week-long war games dubbed “Vostok-2018″(East-2018) “have kicked off” in far eastern Russia, the defense ministry said. Taking part in the drills are around 300,000 soldiers, 36,000 military vehicles, 80 ships and 1,000 aircraft, helicopters and drones. The defense ministry released video footage of military vehicles, planes, helicopters and ships getting into position for the initial stage of the drills. Moscow has increased the number of its large-scale military exercises in the Caucasus, the Baltic and the Arctic in recent years. The country’s war games in Eastern Europe last year, Zapad-2017, saw 12,700 troops take part, according to Moscow.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 12, 2018 00:45 UTC