The command said in a news release on Sunday afternoon that the interservice combat drills took place in the air and waters surrounding Taiwan and demonstrated the forces' land, air and sea strike capabilities.
The Kremlin has announced that Mr Putin will preside over the exercise from what they call a “situation centre”. The Defence ministry said that the drills were planned in advance, and were not intended to stoke tensions. But they will be conducted at a critical juncture in the overwhelming standoff over the former Soviet satellite of Ukraine. It appears that high-level diplomacy is in competition with military manoeuvers.
The combined forces of South Korea and the US have annually staged the summertime command post drills around mid-August, which North Korea has denounced as a dress rehearsal for invasion.
Russia on Tuesday began its biggest military exercises since the Cold War, with the participation of around 300,000 troops, the Defence Ministry said.
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