The district's spokesman Alexander Gordeev said that extensive counter-terror exercises with about 1,000 units of special equipment, including armored vehicles, began in Russia's Eastern Military District.
"Large-scale drills with special counter-terror units have begun at all garrisons of the Eastern Military District," Gordeev said.According to the spokesman, armored vehicles, such as armored personnel carriers BTR-82 and infantry mobility vehicles Tigr, are being used for the exercises, Sputnik reported.
Gordeev said that the drills were aimed at practicing eliminating terrorists and improving the response time for reinforcements' arrival.
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