Moscow. January 25. INTERFAX - The First Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) is conducting combat readiness testing classes, the ZVO reported on Tuesday.
"In total, more than 1 thousand servicemen and about 100 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved in the combat readiness check," the report says.
The training takes place against the background of the crisis in relations between Russia and NATO.
Meanwhile, the press service of the ZVO reported that the exercises to check combat readiness in the First Tank Army are planned.
The ZVO reported that classes are held in the Moscow region, "military personnel are practicing receiving weapons and military equipment and leaving for concentration areas."
"During the marches and in the areas of concentration, special attention is paid to the issues of radio masking and masking of military equipment on the ground, fortification and engineering equipment, as well as the preparation of equipment and weapons to perform combat missions for their intended purpose," the report says in the ZVO.
The inspection is led by the commander of the First Tank Army, Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel.
On January 17, it was reported that the tank army had begun command and staff training with the leadership in the territory of five regions of the Russian Federation.
The troops of the First Tank Army of the Far East are stationed in the Moscow, Ivanovo, Smolensk and Nizhny Novgorod regions. The army headquarters is located in Bakovka (Moscow region). The army includes, in particular, the Taman Motorized Rifle and Kantemirovskaya tank divisions, the 6th Tank Brigade, the 27th Sevastopol Motorized Rifle Brigade, equipped with Iskander-M missile brigade in Shuya.
Scheduled exercises to check combat readiness have begun in the troops of the ZVO, the commander of the district troops, Alexander Zhuravlev, said earlier on Tuesday.
"The main purpose of the events is a comprehensive check of the combat training of troops, the readiness of formations and military units to complete the tasks in a short time, an assessment of the level of combat training and coherence of units," Zhuravlev said, quoted by the press service of the ZVO.
The press service reported that classes are held until January 29.
The ZVO on Tuesday distributed video footage of the beginning of combat readiness classes. The footage shows the exit to the field positions of the calculations of the Iskander-M tactical missile systems.
The United States, other NATO countries and Ukraine announced the concentration of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border and the threat of a Russian invasion.
In December, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, said that Russia has no aggressive plans.
As Interfax reported, Russia and Belarus are checking the reaction forces of the Union State. According to the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin, at the first stage - until February 9 - it is planned to redeploy and create groups of troops. At the second stage - from February 10 to 20 - the joint exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" will be held.
On January 20, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the beginning of a series of maneuvers of the Russian Navy with the participation of more than 140 ships and vessels, over 10 thousand military.
