Russian, Chinese, and Mongolian national flags set on armored vehicles develop in the wind during the military exercises Vostok 2018 in Eastern Siberia, Russia (Sept. 13, 2018). Credit: AP ...
In August 2018, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced that more than three hundred thousand personnel of Eastern and Central Military District would engage in the country’s largest ever ...
Russia’s massive Vostok-2018 drills were two things at once. They were a military drill where troops tested their combat preparedness. But they also were a diplomatic exercise highlighting relations ...
“Russia is a peace-loving country,” Putin said at the exercises. TSUGOL, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday watched a huge simulated battle put on by Russian and Chinese troops, as he ...
Russia has launched a large military drill that is supposedly its biggest since the end of the Cold War, with 300,000 troops rallying in the east of the country. The exercise, named Vostok-2018 ...
On August 20, 2018, Chinese fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) landed at Shagol Air Base in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They were coming to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation ...
MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. The active phase of the Russian army’s largest-ever exercise Vostok-2018 will be held at nine proving grounds and in the Sea of Japan and the Bering and Okhotsk seas on ...