Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the actions of a unit of combat robots during a trip to the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, where the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021"are taking place. This is reported by TASS .
"Here are the orange circles, this is the first unit of combat robots," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, showing Putin to the training ground. - They are armed quite seriously. The control range is up to three kilometers. Each has four ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles-approx. "Tapes.ru")".
The Head of State arrived at the Zapad-2021 exercise on September 13. The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, reported to him that about 20 thousand personnel, 5.6 thousand units of weapons and military equipment, about 160 tanks, more than 100 aircraft and more than 100 helicopters were involved in the maneuvers. In addition, 150 representatives of defense departments and military attaches of other countries are at the training ground.
Strategic exercises of Russia and Belarus are held every two years, it is reported on the Kremlin's website. In 2021, the practical actions of the troops will take place from September 10 to 16 at nine training grounds located in Russia, in the Baltic Sea, as well as at five Belarusian training grounds.
Varvara Koshechkina
